Algerian Gas Export Capacity Set to Rise

Algeria to raise its fuel export capacity by 17 percent this year with expansions at two liquefaction plants, according to Sonatrach.

Annual gas-export capacity is set to increase to 110 billion cubic meters (3.9 trillion cubic feet), Chief Executive Officer Abdelhamid Zerguine announced at a press conference yesterday in Algiers, as reported by Bloomberg. That compares with 94 billion cubic meters in 2013, he said.

Expanded liquefaction plants at Arzew, in Algeria’s west, and Skikda in the east will lift the nation’s annual capacity for seaborne shipments by 16 billion cubic meters to 60 billion cubic meters, according to Sonatrach. The country also has two pipelines running to Spain and another to Italy that together can carry 50 billion cubic meters of gas annually.