Trans-Med gas pipeline

The Trans-Med gas pipeline supplies natural gas from Tunisia to Italy by way of Sicily. In 1995, its capacity reached 24 bcm per year. In the fall of 1997, a terrorist attack severed the pipeline in Algeria for five days.^[1] On February 28, 2010, a new 549 km section was completed in Bir El Ater, Tebessa Province, which was expected to increase transport capacity to 7 billion cubic meters a year.^[2] The pipeline was listed under the Critical Foreign Dependencies Initiative by the United States in a diplomatic cable leaked to Wikileaks.^[3]

References

1. ^ Mark H. Hayes (2004-05). "ALGERIAN GAS TO EUROPE: THE TRANSMED PIPELINE AND EARLY SPANISH GAS IMPORT PROJECTS". Rice University/James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy Energy Forum geopolitics of gas working paper series. http://www.rice.edu/energy/publications/docs/GAS_TransmedPipeline.pdf. 
2. ^ "Algeria opens new Trans-Med gas pipeline section". Magharebia.com. 2010-03-01. http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZAWYA20100302081150. 
3. ^ "Viewing cable 09STATE15113, REQUEST FOR INFORMATION:CRITICAL FOREIGN DEPENDENCIES (CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND KEY RESOURCES LOCATED ABROAD)". Wikileaks. 2009-02-18. http://213.251.145.96/cable/2009/02/09STATE15113.html.