Project Profile
Value: US$3 billion
Location: Reggane Basin, Adrar Province, central Algeria
Production: 8 Mcmd
Start-up Year: 2017
The Reggane Nord project comprises the gas fields of Reggane, Azrafil Sud-Est, Kahlouche, Kahlouche Sud, Tiouliline and Sali. The Groupement Reggane-Nord (GRN) partners are RWE Dea AG with its 19.5%-share, the Algerian enterprise Sonatrach (40%), Repsol from Spain (29.25%), and Edison from Italy (11.25%). In 2002, Dea started exploration activites in the concession area Reggane Nord together with partners Repsol (operator) and Edison with corresponding gas discoveries, which are now subject to development under the operation of GRN. Reggane gas supplies are expected to tie into an 8 Bcm/yr pipeline planned by Sonatrach to link the country’s southwestern gas finds to processing facilities at Hassi R’Mel.
Operators:
Repsol YPF: Operator with 29.95% interest
Edison SpA: 11.25% interest
RWE Dea AG: 19.5% interest
Sonatrach: 40% interest
Contractors:
Petrofac: Contract worth US$976 million to build a natural gas processing plant for the Repsol-led Reggane North project