South Tunisia Gas Project Pipeline

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South Tunisia Gas Project Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline, currently under construction, running from Nawara gas field to Gabès, Tunisia.

Location

The pipeline runs from Nawara gas field, Tataouine governorate, to Gabès, Gabès governorate, Tunisia.

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Project Details

• Operator: Entreprise Tunisienne d'Activités Pétrolières (ETAP) (50%) and OMV Tunisia (50%)
• Parent Company: Government of Tunisia and OMV
• Proposed capacity: 3.65 billion cubic meters per year
• Length: 370 kilometers
• Status: Operating
• Start Year: 2020

Background

The South Tunisia Development Project (or Nawara Development Project) is aimed at developing the Nawara gas field in southern Tunisia. Part of the project is the construction of a 24-inch, 370-kilometer gas pipeline from the Nawara field to the port city of Gabès.

Pipeline construction began in 2015. In October of 2018, the Tunisian Minister of Energy said that the project would become operational in June of 2019. The Nawara gas field and its infrastructure went into the production phase in February of 2020.