Algeria inaugurates new Medgaz key gas pipeline

Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Mohamed Arkab has inaugurated the EGPDF pipeline, which links in to the Medgaz pipeline.
Arkab, accompanied by Sonatrach head Toufik Hakkar, visited the Naama wilaya and ceremonially cut the ribbon for the pipeline launch. The pipeline runs from El Aricha to Beni Saf, in the country’s north.
The 197 km link cost around 32 billion dinars (USD 240 million). Sonatrach reported the bidirectional link had a design capacity of 9 billion cubic metres per year.
A statement from the ministry said the EGPDF project aimed to support the export of Algerian gas to Spain. It also aims to provide additional supplies for domestic needs, particularly in Algeria’s west.
Arkab expressed his thanks to those that had carried out the work, Sonatrach’s ENAC and Cosider Canalisations. He went on to highlight the importance of local content.