Trans Mediterranean Pipeline
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Summary Information
- Source: Hassi Rmel, Algeria
- Destination: Italy
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- Length: 2,200 kilometres ( miles)
- Capacity: per day
- Status: Operating
Details
- Also known as Transmed
- This 2,200 km gas pipeline links Northern Italy to one of the world's biggest natural gas reservoirs, Hassi Rmel Gas Field, located in the algerian desert.
- A 550 km long pipeline carries the gas from the Hassi R'Mel reservoir in Algeria up to the border with Tunisia where it is fed into the Transmed line.
- The arrival point in Italy is Minerbio, near Bologna in the Po Valley, where the gas enters the national gas distribution system.
- The line is 2,220 km long of which 370 km is in Tunisia with a diameter of 1,200 mm, 380 km is on the seabed with a diameter of 650 mm, and 1,470 km in Italy with a diameter of 1,200 mm.
History
- 1983 - First phase of the project completed
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