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Volume
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Issue
3
OAPEC Member Countries
Algerian Energy Minister HE Mustapha Guitoni said Algeria will soon
be exporting electricity to Libya and Tunisia, in addition to other African
countries in the future. Technical negotiations are currently underway
between Algeria’s Sonelgaz and its Libyan and Tunisian counterparts. The
export of some 400 megawatts of electricity will go towards these two
countries, starting from the cities of Batna and Khenchela.
It is worth mentioning that the Tunisian- Algerian Joint Committee for
Energy held its meeting in February 2018 in Tunisia with the attendance
of the energy ministers and senior officials in the two sisterly countries.
Exporting electricity to Libya through the Tunisian territories has been
discussed.
On his part, Mr Mohammed Irqab, Sonelgaz GM, talked in press
statements about the possibility of Algerian provision of surplus electricity
to Libya especially in winter.
HE GUITONI: ALGERIA TO EXPORT
ELECTRICITY TO TUNISIA & LIBYA