Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline
The Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline (TransMed; also Enrico Mattei gas pipeline) is a natural gas pipeline from Algeria via Tunisia to Sicily and thence to mainland Italy. An extension of the TransMed pipeline delivers Algerian gas to Slovenia.
| Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline | |
|---|---|
Trans-Mediterranean (in purple) and future Trans-Saharan gas pipelines (in red) | |
| Location | |
| Country | Algeria, Tunisia, Italy |
| General direction | south-north |
| From | Hassi R'Mel, Algeria |
| Passes through | Tunisia, Mediterranean Sea |
| To | Minerbio, Italy |
| General information | |
| Type | natural gas |
| Partners | Sonatrach, Sotugat, Eni |
| Operator | Sonatrach, Sergaz, TMPC, |
| Commissioned | 1983 |
| Technical information | |
| Length | 2,475 km (1,538 mi) |
| Maximum discharge | 30.2 billion cubic metres per annum (1.07×1012 cu ft/a) |
| No. of compressor stations | 9 |
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