VOL. XLV

No 36

9-September-2002

ALGERIA/MOROCCO

Gas Natural Starts Upgrade WorkOn Europe-Maghreb Gas Pipeline

Spains Gas Natural announced on 29 August it had started work onupgrading the Moroccan section of the Maghreb-Europegas pipeline. The $75mn upgrade will lift capacity by 50% from 8.8 BCM/y to 13BCM/y and will be achieved by installing additional compression stations. Thework, which is part of an overall strategy to boost Algerian gas exportcapacity, is due to be complete by September 2004...