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Algeria Is Working Hard to Strengthen the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline Project

The Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab, affirmed, Friday in Sorrento (Italy), that Algeria was working hard to strengthen the trans-Saharan gas pipeline project, linking Nigeria to the north bank of the Mediterranean, via Algeria and Niger, indicating a press release from the ministry.

The minister was speaking in a speech delivered during the work of the 3rd edition of the International Forum โ€œTowards the South: the European strategy for a new geopolitical, economic and socio-cultural season in the Mediterraneanโ€.

Mr. Arkab specified that Algeria is โ€œworking hard to strengthen the trans-Saharan gas pipeline project linking Nigeria to the northern shore of the Mediterranean, via Algeria and Niger, through the connection to the Algerian gas networkโ€.

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This project “will make a major contribution to Europe’s natural gas supplies, and will thus strengthen the energy security of the northern shore of the Mediterranean”, and “will also support the socio-economic development of transit countries”, he said. added.

The H2 Southern Corridor project to transport hydrogen

On the other hand, Mr. Arkab indicated that Algeria will take part in the strategic debate with its European partners on the creation of the Southern Corridor H2, to transport renewable hydrogen produced in Algeria to Germany, via Tunisia, ‘Italy, and Austria’.

The minister affirmed that this โ€œmegaprojectโ€ requires the establishment of solid partnerships between the public and private sectors, noting that this cooperation will make it possible to โ€œmobilize the large partnership investments required for the development of production, storage and transport infrastructure hydrogenโ€.

Mr. Arkab highlighted Algeria’s determination to become “the main supplier in the field of hydrogen”, given the enormous capacities and advantages it has allowing it to occupy a pioneering place in this field, emphasizing the importance of the national energy model currently being prepared.

At the regional level, Mr. Arkab reaffirmed Algeria’s desire to establish “a solid and effective regional partnership” and to become “an energy hub in the region and an axis of energy exchange thanks to numerous projects including the electrical connection and the H2 Southern Corridor between Algeria and Europe capable of boosting the energy transition and supporting common development in the Mediterranean basin and Europe”, underlining Algeria’s attachment to actively participating international initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas and methane emissions.

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