Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 34

23-Aug-2010

ALGERIA

Sonatrach Begins Filling Medgaz Gas Pipeline

Algerias Sonatrach has started to pump natural gas into the 8 bcm/year capacity Medgaz pipeline, with plans to see the trans-Mediterranean pipeline come on stream during the fourth quarter of this year. The pipeline has been delayed due to a number of factors, the latest being technical problems at a compressor station at the Spanish end of the pipeline. The 210km Medgaz pipeline runs...