Algerian gas industry
Summary
The key company in the Algerian LNG industry is Sonatrach, an Algerian state-owned oil&gas resources company. Sonatrach dominates in the Algerian oil&gas market, including E&P oil and gas, refineries and pipeline gas export to Europe.
Algeria is currently the number six LNG exporter. Average monthly LNG production at Algerian LNG plants is about 1 million tons and varies from month to month.
Key shippers of Algerian LNG are domestic Sonatrach with is subsidiaries and joint ventures, Norwegian BW LNG and French Engie.
Key importers of Algerian LNG are Türkiye, France, Spain, Italy and India.
Map of gas industry
LNG Plants
Algeria has two LNG plants: Arzew (including several train structures) and Skikda.
LNG Loadings
The table “Monthly LNG loadings volumes at Algerian LNG plants“ provides statistics on the loading of gas carriers at Arzew and Skikda LNG plants with aggregation by calendar months. The data is available from October 2022. 01.MM.YYYY means shipments for the entire calendar month starting on that day. Shipments for the current month are indicated by cumulative total from the first day of the month to the current date. The delay in receiving data is up to one day. The data is updated automatically.
Export destinations
The table “Destination countries of Algerian LNG Export" provides statistics on importing countries of Algerian LNG with aggregation by calendar months. The date of gas carrier loading is used, the data on importing country is available upon discharge. The data has been provided since 01.09.2022 and is updated automatically. Data for the current month is shown as a cumulative total.
Key importers of Algerian LNG are Türkiye, France, Spain, Italy and India.
The table “Destination countries of Algerian LNG Export" provides statistics on importing countries of Algerian LNG with aggregation by calendar months. The date of gas carrier loading is used, the data on importing country is available upon discharge. The data has been provided since 01.09.2022 and is updated automatically. Data for the current month is shown as a cumulative total.
Domestic market
Gas-fired power generation
Installed capacity of gas-fired TPPs in the country is 23.3 GW. Theoretical maximum demand from gas generation is 140 mcm/d.
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