The Algeria government through Sonatrach, the national state-owned oil company, has signed contracts valued USD 520 million with six domestic companies for implementation of oil & gas projects in the country.
The contracts were signed with ENGCB, SARPI, Entreprise Nationale De Grands Travaux Pétroliers (ENGTP), Entreprise Nationale de Canalisations Spa (ENAC), the Pipeline Construction Company Kanaghaz and Cosider Canalisations, a subsidiary of the Cosider Spa Group.
The contracts will particularly see construction of the pipelines over a total length of 700 km from the southwest of the country. These pipelines are expected to transport 11 million cu mtr of oil per day when operational by 2021 but one.
As part of the contracts, SARPI and Safir Group will work on development plans for oilfields to the west of Tuat. This project will enable the supply of 6,000 barrels per day of oil to the Adrar refinery, located in Adrar province in the southwestern region of the country by 2022.
Cosider on the other hand will work on fire detection and anti-fire networks at the Arzew facilities in the Oran Province, while ENAC will supply, install and commission cathodic protection systems on the pipelines from Hassi R’Mel to Arzew.
The projects are expected to utilise local content and create nearly 3,000 local jobs.
Meanwhile, Sonatrach recently began operating the R-OB1 pipeline between Msila and Béjaia, following completion of the rehabilitation project by ENAC.
The scope of the project involved construction of 164 km pipeline between the SP3 pumping station in Msila and the SP13 isolation station in Oued Ghir in Bejaïa.