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ALGERIA
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Researched and Produced by the Petroleum Economist Ltd., London,
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Majorca Sardinia
PORTUGAL Badajos
S P A I N Cagliari
TYRRHENIAN I TA LY GREECE 40oN
LISBON Ibiza
Almendralejo
MADRID SEA
Revythoussa (Greece) LNG
40oN Setubal Guadalajara import terminal
Start-up: due 1999
Alicanta Receiving source: Algeria
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SKIKDA pip
Sierra Nevada Annaba
ALGIERS Siracusa
Bejaia TUNIS Trans-Mediterranean pipeline
Huelva LNG import terminal Almeria Jijel providing Algerian gas to Italy
Isser El Taref
Start-up: 1988 Malaga
Rota Menacer OB1 Smendou
Receiving source: Algeria
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Tarifa Gibraltar (UK) Mostaganem Ech Chlef
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Ceuta (Spain) Sousse
Tangier Oran M'Sila VALLETTA
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Oued GG1 Chott el Hodna
Tifrit
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RELIEF: LEGEND: S A H A R A D E S E R T
+4000m
oil pipeline rivers
+3000m oil pipeline under construction, lakes
+2000m planned or proposed
+1000m oilfield dry lakes
+500m E l Te n e r e d u
Borji Ba Dji Mokhtar
gas pipeline K h
+200m coal deposit e n
a c h i c h
oil pipeline under construction,
planned or proposed 20oN Ta f a s s a s s e t
+100m LNG import terminal
Sea level gasfield
LNG export plant
Land below sea level M A L I
LPG pipeline
-100m gas processing facility In Guezzam
SCALE: NIGER
-200m LPG pipeline under construction,
planned or proposed oil refinery 0 miles 50 100 150
-500m
-1000m condensate pipeline tanker terminal 0 kilometers 100 200 300
-2000m Scale: approx; 1: 1,670,000
Algeria border capital city
Greenwich

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OIL AND GAS INFRASTRUCTURE AND
PRODUCTION:
GAS PIPELINES:
From / To Code Diameter Length (km) Date
Hassi R'Mel - Arzew GZ0 24"/20" 509 1961
Hassi R'Mel - Arzew GZ1 40" 507 1976/79
Hassi R'Mel - Arzew GZ2 40" 507 1982
Hassi R'Mel - Arzew GZ3 42" 507 1989
Hassi R'Mel - O. Safsaf GO1 48" 549 1982
Hassi R'Mel - O. Safsaf GO2 48" 549 1986
Hassi R'Mel - Skikda GK1 40" 573 1971/78
Hassi R'Mel - Isser GG1 42" 436 1981
Alrar - Hassi R'Mel GR1 42"/48" 956 1987
Gassi Touil - Hassi Messaoud GM1 40" 150 1976
Hassi R'Mel - Skikda GK2 42" 573 1996
Hassi R'Mel - EUROPE GME 48" 521 1996
Alrar - Hassi R'Mel GR2 42"/48" 962 1996
Teguentour - Hassi R'Mel GIS 42" or 48" 526 Project

OIL PIPELINES:
From / To Code Diameter Length (km) Date
Haoud El Hamra - Arzew OZ1 28" 801 1965
Haoud El Hamra - Skikda OK1 34" 637 1972
Haoud El Hamra - Bejaia OB1 24"/22" 660 1959
Beni Manssour - Algiers OG1 16" 131 1971
In Amenas - La Skhirra (Tunisia) OT1 24" 265 1960
El Borma - Mesdar OD1 20" 272 1977
In Amenas - Haoud El Hamra OH1 30" 630 1983
Mesdar - Haoud El Hamra OH2 26" 108 1972

CONDENSATE PIPELINES:
From / To Code Diameter Length (km) Date
Hassi R'Mel - Arzew NZ1 28" 506 1978
Ohanet - Haoud El Hamra NH2 30" 518 1961
Hassi R'Mel - Haoud El Hamra NH1 8" 306 1960

LPG PIPELINES:
From / To Code Diameter Length (km) Date
Haoud El Hamra - Arzew LNZ1 12"/16" 801 1973
Hassi R'Mel - Arzew LZ1 24" 504 1983
Alrar - Hassi R'Mel LR1 10"/24" 988 1996

ALGERIA: OIL AND GAS PRODUCTION

'000 b/d bn cm
1,000

875
850

80.0
820

750
760
760

750
750

750
740

70.8
720
690

62.1

625 60.0
58.1
55.8
54.8

GAS
53.9
OIL

51.2
50.6

500
48.4
44.9

40.0
375

250
20.0
Oil reserves (1997): 9.2 bn barrels Oil production
125
Gas reserves (1997): 3,700 bn cm Gas production

0 0
1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

REFINERIES:
Sonatrach - Capacity (b/d)
Algiers 60,420
Arzew 56,240
Hassi Messaoud 23,750
In Amenas 7,000
Skikda 335,350
Total 482,760
ALGERIA'S LNG INDUSTRY:
ALGERIA: LNG EXPORTS

(m t/y)
20.0

16.0

14.7
14.3

14.3
13.9

13.8
LNG - Exports

13.3

13.1
12.4
12.0

10.8
10.2
8.0

4.0

0
1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996

LNG EXPORT CONTRACTS:

Purchaser: Amount (t/y): Contract (yr): Start: Remarks:
Distrigaz (Belgium) 3.33m 1982 Signed in 1975
(option 2013)
Gaz de France (France) 0.39m 1965 +10 yrs in 1991
Gaz de France (France) 3.81m 1982 +10 yrs in 1991
Gaz de France (France) 2.59m 1976 +15 yrs in 1991
Gaz de France (France) 0.79m 10 1992 Signed in 1991
Enagas (Spain) 2.40m 1978 Up to 2.8m t/y in 2002
- option 2013
Botas (Turkey) 2.96m 19 1994 Signed in 1988
(+1bn cm in 1996)
Distrigas (US) 0.89m 1978 Revised in 1988
(+end of 'Boeing Deal')
Panhandle (US) 0.59m 16 1989 Signed in 1988
(up to 4.05bn cm in total)
Snam (Italy) 1.33m 16 1997 Signed in 1994
Existing (1997) 19.10m
Depa (Greece) 0.52m 15 1998 Signed in 1988
Future (1998+) 0.52m

ALGERIA'S LNG LIQUEFACTION PLANTS:

ARZEW GL1Z
Start-up: 1978
Operator: Sonatrach
Shareholders: Sonatrach (100%)
Capacity (m t/y): 8.8
No. of trains: 6
Process method: APCI
Gas fields: Hassi R'Mel
Note: Renovation programme by Bechtel is nearing completion.
Capacity will now be 12.1bn cm/y, up from 10.5bn cm/y.

ARZEW GL2Z
Start-up: 1981
Operator: Sonatrach
Shareholders: Sonatrach (100%)
Capacity (m t/y): 8.8
No. of trains: 6
Process method: APCI
Gas fields: Hassi R'Mel
Note: Upgraded by Kellogg in 1996, it now has a capacity of
12.1bn cm/y, up from it's original design capacity of
10.5bn cm/y.

ARZEW GL4Z (CAMEL)

Start-up: 1964
Operator: Sonatrach
Shareholders: Sonatrach (100%)
Capacity (m t/y): 1.1
No. of trains: 1
Process method: Technip
Gas fields: Hassi R'Mel
Note: The oldest LNG plant in the world.

SKIKDA GL1K PHASE I

Start-up: 1972
Operator: Sonatrach
Shareholders: Sonatrach (100%)
Capacity (m t/y): 2.8
No. of trains: 3
Process method: Technip
Gas fields: Hassi R'Mel
Note: Gaz de France and it's Sofregaz subsidiary, upgraded two trains
by March 1997. Kellogg is renovating the remaining trains,
with completion by mid 1998. Capacity will be raised to
8.2bn cm/y from the design figure of 8.0bn cm/y.

SKIKDA GL1K PHASE II

Start-up: 1981
Operator: Sonatrach
Shareholders: Sonatrach (100%)
Capacity (m t/y): 3.0
No. of trains: 3
Process method: Prico
Gas fields: Hassi R'Mel
WORLD OIL AND GAS
WORLD'S TOP 50 OIL PRODUCERS (1997):
Rank: Country: Production ('000 b/d):
1 Saudi Arabia 8,345
2 USA 8,290
3 Russian Federation 6,120
4 Iran 3,630
5 Mexico 3,410
6 Norway 3,280
7 China 3,190
8 Venezuela 3,180
9 Canada 2,540
10 United Kingdom 2,510
11 Nigeria 2,280
12 UAE 2,250
13 Kuwait 2,105
14 Libya 1,420
15 Indonesia 1,360
16 Brazil 1,150
17 Iraq 1,150
18 Egypt 920
19 Oman 910
20 Argentina 880
21 Algeria 850
22 India 760
23 Malaysia 750
24 Angola 730
25 Colombia 670
26 Australia 640
27 Qatar 620
28 Syria 560
29 Kazakhstan 521
30 Ecuador 380
31 Gabon 370
32 Yemen 370
33 Congo 244
34 Denmark 229
35 Brunei 199
36 Azerbaijan 189
37 Vietnam 181
38 Ukraine 165
39 Romania 138
40 Trinidad 133
41 Peru 132
42 Cameroon 124
43 Tunisia 108
44 Italy 107
45 Turkmenistan 106
46 Papua New Guinea 80
47 Thailand 79
48 New Zealand 70
49 Turkey 67
50 Hungary 60

Algeria 850,000
(1.18%)

World Total
72,076,000 b/d

WORLD'S TOP 50 GAS PRODUCERS (1997):

Rank: Country: Production (bn cm):
1 Former Soviet Union 668.2
2 USA 536.9
3 Canada 165.6
4 United Kingdom 91.8
5 Netherlands 81.8
6 Algeria 70.0
7 Indonesia 67.2
8 Iran 45.4
9 Norway 45.3
10 Saudi Arabia 43.4
11 Malaysia 38.4
12 Mexico 30.2
13 Australia 29.6
14 Venezuela 28.3
15 Argentina 27.4
16 Abu Dhabi 25.2
17 India 23.5
18 China 21.2
19 Germany 21.1
20 Pakistan 19.8
21 Italy 19.5
22 Qatar 17.9
23 Romania 15.2
24 Thailand 14.8
25 Egypt 13.5
26 Kuwait 9.4
27 Trinidad 9.3
28 Brunei 9.2
29 Sharjah 8.7
30 Denmark 7.9
31 Bangladesh 7.6
32 Bahrain 6.6
33 Libya 6.6
34 Brazil 5.5
35 Nigeria 5.5
36 New Zealand 5.0
37 Colombia 5.0
38 Hungary 4.4
39 Oman 4.3
40 Syria 4.1
41 Iraq 3.6
42 Poland 3.2
43 Bolivia 3.2
44 France 2.7
45 Tunisia 2.7
46 Ireland 2.5
47 Chile 2.1
48 Japan 2.1
49 Dubai 1.9
50 South Africa 1.8

Algeria 70.0 bn cm
(3.05%)

World Total
2,298.3 bn cm