ABB to build US$ 93 million gas compressor in Algeria
Will design and build compressor station on pipeline linking Algeria and Europe
ABB, the global technology company, today announced it has been awarded a contract worth US$ 93 million to design and build a gas compressor station.
The SC3 compressor station will be built on the Pedro Duran Farell Pipeline, a 1,400 kilometer gas line connecting Algeria to Europe through a link under the Straits of Gibraltar.
It will increase the pipeline’s flow rate from 8 billion to about 11 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
“We are very pleased to be working with Sonatrach to improve the performance of this valuable and important gas line,â€
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