Phase 1 pact let for Algeria-Italy gas line
Sonatrach has signed a contract for construction of the first phase of a 1550 mi pipeline between Algeria's gasfields to Italy via the Mediterranean Sea. Saipem S.p.A., engineering subsidiary of E.N.I., has won the $290 million order for the 341 mi of 48 in. line from the Hassi R'Mel gasfield to the Tunisian border; and has also been awarded a $290 million contract for a 390 mi, 30 in. oil line from In Amenas field in the Polignac basin. When the gas system is completed in 1981, it will transport 1.2 billion cu ft/day of gas for SNAM S.p.A., E.N.I.'s gas distribution company. E.N.I. will be responsible for the 224 mi line through Tunisia to Cap Bon, the remaining 218 mi section of the line through Sicily, the short crossing to the Italian mainland, and the 620 mi to Bologna. The difficult 100 mi crossing to Sicily will be put up for bids by a joint E.N.I./Sonatrach company. The contracts are important, according to E.N.I., since advanced studies and preparation are going ahead for the laying of the underwater pipeline between Sicily and Calabria, across the Messina Straits.
- OSTI ID:
- 6841280
- Journal Information:
- Oil Gas J.; (United States), Journal Name: Oil Gas J.; (United States) Vol. 76:32; ISSN OIGJA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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