Where does Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline run?

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is recorded in Algeria. Global Energy Monitor reports no start and end points for it.

How long is Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline?

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is 432 km long.

How much gas can Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline carry?

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline has a design capacity of 9 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.

Is Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline operating?

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is operating, having started in 2013.

Who owns Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline?

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is owned by Sonatrach SpA, as recorded in the current tracker release.

Does Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline passes within 25 km of 1 tracked LNG terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline: Laghouat, Algeria

Route

Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline runs from Algeria. The map draws the tracked route and any LNG terminal within 25 km of it.

Loads about 250 kB of map code and the country outline file.

From: Laghouat
To: Not reported
Start country: Algeria
End country: Algeria
Countries crossed: Algeria
Onshore / offshore: Not reported
Fuel: Gas
Region: Not reported
Route drawn on map: 708 km
GEM pipeline ID: P1835
Start year: 2013
Estimated cost (GEM, US dollars): $580 million
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Segments

Each row is one row of GEM's pipeline file. Project-level figures repeated on every segment are counted once in the totals above.

Segment	Status	From → to	Length	Capacity	Diameter	Start	Route from
Hassi R'Mel- Mechtatine Pipeline	Operating	Laghouat → ?	432	9	1219 mm	2013	GEM's route file

Connected LNG terminals

Terminals whose coordinates fall within 25 km of this route, or whose name matches the pipeline. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Terminal	Country	Import / export	Status	Distance	Matched by
Skikda LNG Terminal	Algeria	Export	Operating	0.5 km	route proximity

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per segment, merged across segments.

Owners

Sonatrach SpA100%

Parent companies

Sonatrach SpA100%

In the news

Recent headlines that name Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline. Matched by name, so it is approximate. Titles and links only; we store no article text.

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Common questions

Generated from the same tracker fields as the tables above, so the two cannot disagree. Each answer stands on its own.

Where does Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline run?: Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is recorded in Algeria. Global Energy Monitor reports no start and end points for it.
How long is Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline?: Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is 432 km long.
How much gas can Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline carry?: Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline has a design capacity of 9 bcm/y. Where every segment of a project repeats the same figure it is counted once rather than summed.
Is Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline operating?: Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is operating, having started in 2013.
Who owns Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline?: Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline is owned by Sonatrach SpA, as recorded in the current tracker release.
Does Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline serve an LNG terminal?: Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline passes within 25 km of 1 tracked LNG terminal. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection; each match is listed with its distance and how it was made.

More gas pipelines in Algeria

Listed in name order among the 125 pipelines tracked in Algeria, so projects with the same name sit together. A browse aid, not a claim that they are alike.

Background on the technology and the terms used on this page.

LNG against pipeline gas
A pipeline delivers gas at lower cost than LNG over land up to roughly two to four thousand kilometres, beyond which liquefaction wins, and across any significant body of deep water LNG usually wins at any distance.
How LNG works
Liquefied natural gas is natural gas chilled to about minus 162 degrees Celsius, at which point it becomes a liquid roughly 600 times smaller than the gas, so it can be shipped where no pipeline runs.
Mtpa, bcm and cubic metres
LNG capacity is quoted in three incompatible units, and the two conversions that matter are 1 million tonnes a year equals about 1.36 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and 1 cubic metre of liquid equals about 600 cubic metres of gas.
What terminal status actually means
A project status describes how far an LNG terminal or train has progressed, and the gap between proposed and operating is the single most misread number in the industry.

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Reference

LNG Atlas. (2026). Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline: Laghouat, Algeria. https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/hassi-rmel-skikda-el-kala-gas-pipeline-dz/ Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0.

BibTeX

BibTeX entry

@misc{lngatlaspipelinehassirmelskikdaelkalagaspipeline2026,
  author = {{LNG Atlas}},
  title = {Hassi R'Mel-Skikda-El Kala Gas Pipeline: Laghouat, Algeria},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://lngatlas.org/pipeline/hassi-rmel-skikda-el-kala-gas-pipeline-dz/},
  note = {Data: Global Gas Infrastructure Tracker, Global Energy Monitor, November 2025, CC BY 4.0},
}