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European politicians have been scouring their neighbourhood to find new gas supplies to replace those threatened by Russia. They have secured some promises in their tour that took them from Azerbaijan via the Gulf to Egypt and Israel. They have visited Algeria too, but Africa’s largest country and biggest gas …

African energy giants Algeria, Nigeria and Niger signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday on a vast gas pipeline project offering Europe potential future alternatives to Russian supplies, state media reported. The Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) would transport billions of cubic metres of gas some 4,128 kilometres from Nigeria in West …

Algerian state-owned natural gas company Sonatrach will deliver next week 4 billion cubic meters of gas to Italy’s ENI, Algerian press has reported. So far this year Algeria has delivered 13.9 billion cubic meters to Italy, 113 percent more than the planned volume, the daily ‘Le Courier d’Algérie’ reports. A …

Algeria said it reached a deal with three “partners” to increase prices of its natural gas exports, as Europe races to boost supplies from the North African country. “We are confident that we will soon reach agreements to review the prices with other partners,” Toufik Hakkar, the chief executive officer …

Chinese oil company Sinopec Overseas Oil and Gas Limited (SOOGL) and Algeria’s oil giant Sonatrach signed here on Saturday a 490-million-U.S. dollars contract on oil and gas exploration in Algeria’s Zarzaitine field, some 1,500 km southeast of Algiers. According to a joint press release by the two companies, SOOGL and …

Italian energy giant Eni signed a memorandum of understanding on May 26 with Algeria’s Sonatrach to boost gas exploration in the north African nation, as Rome seeks to reduce its reliance on Russia. It was penned during a state visit by Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune to Rome, a few weeks …

Algeria will continue gas supply to Spain despite a diplomatic row with Madrid over Western Sahara, the country’s president said on Saturday. “We assure the Spanish friends, the Spanish people that Algeria will never abandon its commitment to supply Spain with gas under any circumstances,” Tebboune said in an interview …

Algeria is set to boost its natural gas exports to Italy by almost 50% with a new deal due to be signed Monday, people familiar with the matter said. The export boost will probably lead Algeria to replace Russia as Italy’s largest natural gas supplier. The north African country will …

With Europe unveiling plans this week to end its reliance on Russian gas by 2030, Algeria is keen to boost its output and become a major player. However, with long-term Russian contracts and structural issues in Algeria, that will prove to be a challenge, experts say. About 40 per cent …

The OPEC+ alliance should remain cautious at its upcoming meeting Jan. 4 because a new strain of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, B117, is likely to weigh on global oil demand outlook at the beginning of 2021, the Algerian energy minister Abdelmadjid Attar said in a Dec. 27 interview with …