Fast-track project connects Algerian gas fields

Eni and Sonatrach have completed construction of the gas pipeline connecting the Bir Rebaa Nord (BRN) and Menzel Ledjmet Est (MLE) fields in the Berkine Basin, in the south-eastern part of Algeria.

The 185 km long pipeline has a transport capacity of 7mn cm/d of gas. It will enable the export of associated gas produced in block 403 (BRN and BRSW) and the development of the gas fields in the North Berkine blocks, where the drilling of the first four wells was completed and linked just a year after the farm-in agreements in the concessions of Sif Fatima II, Zemlet El Arbi and Ourhoud II came into force in February 2019. First oil was produced in May 2019.

When fully operational, the Berkine Nord gas project will bring production to a total 6.5mn cm of gas and 10,000 barrels of associated liquids which, together with the oil development, will lead to an overall production of 65,000 boe/d by 2020.