VOL. XLVI

No 16

21-April-2003

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Awards $130Mn Transmed Pipeline Expansion Contract

Sonatrach has awarded a $130mn contract to the Groupement Euro-Algerien des Tuberies (GREAT) for the supply of new pipeline sections as part of the capacity expansion project underway for the Transmed gas pipeline to Italy. GREAT is a joint venture between local Alfatus (itself a subsidiary of Algerian steel company Sider) and Pipe Gaz of Ghardaia, a subsidiary of ANABIB. The contract is for 301km of...