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After a Quarter Century of Waiting… Algeria Wins the Bet on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline

June 5, 2026اقتصاد – الشروق أونلاينechoroukonline.comTranslated from Arabic
After a Quarter Century of Waiting… Algeria Wins the Bet on the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline

After nearly two and a half decades since the idea was launched, Algeria officially inaugurated the works of the section passing through its territory of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline project, spanning 1210 kilometers, to transport more than 20 billion cubic meters of gas annually from Nigeria to Europe via Niger, in addition to enhancing the promising Algerian gas fields in the southwestern region and boosting the country's production capacities. The official launch ceremonies for the first welding operations of the 48-inch diameter pipes for the Algerian section of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline took place on Thursday in the Ouled Djellal area of Adrar Province, in the presence of Minister of Energy Mohamed Arkab and the Nigerian Federal Republic's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources in charge of gas, Ikperekpe Ikpo...

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