Abdelmoumene Ould Kaddour, CEO of Algeria’s state energy giant Sonatrach, says that maxing sales gas output by cutting gas injection to the country’s ageing oil fields could yield gains of 50mn m³/day (1.77bn cfd, 18.25bcm/year).
Such gains would potentially fill Algeria’s key Medgaz export pipeline to Spain twice over. In order to address the “twin challenge” of demand for gas at home and overseas, Sonatrach will give priority to “innovative projects for the recuperation of associated gas,” says the company chief. (CONTINUED - 1483 WORDS)
