Medgaz boss eyes 2009 start

Pipe plans: an artist's impression of the route the pipeline will take from Beni-Saif in Algeria to Almeria, in Spain

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Anthea Pitt

 12 April 2007 12:04 GMT

The Medgaz pipeline, which will carry Algerian gas to Spain, is on track for a 2009 start, Medgaz consortium boss Pedro Miro said today.



"Right now what we can say is we are meeting both the timescale and the budget agreed," Miro said in an interview.

"During the first few months of 2009 we will start tests and the system will start up progressively ... so that in the second half of 2009 the whole thing will be operational."

The €900 million ($1.2 billion) project, a joint venture between Algerian state energy player Sonatrach and Spanish and French energy companies, won the final go-ahead in December, a Reuters report said.

It will be able to supply…

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