VOL. XXXIX

No. 35

27 May 1996

ALGERIA

Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline To Start Next September/October

MEES understands that the 7.2bn cubic meters (BCM) per year Maghreb-Europe Gas (MEG) pipeline system is scheduled to start up next September/October, instead of July as was originally planned, owing to minor delays in Morocco resulting from winter floods which caused damage to some of the equipment and the pipes. The 1,250-km MEG pipeline originates in Algeria's Hassi R'Mel gas field and...