Sonelgaz

Sonelgaz
سونلغاز
Company typeSociété Anonyme
IndustryElectric utility, Natural gas
Founded28 July 1969
HeadquartersAlgiers, Algeria
Area served
Algeria
Key people
Mourad Adjal (CEO)
ProductsElectricity generation, transmission and distribution; energy trading, Natural gas sale and distribution
OwnerAlgerian State
WebsiteOfficial website

Sonelgaz (Arabic: سونلغاز, Société Nationale de l'Electricité et du Gaz, National Company for Electricity and Gas) is a state-owned utility in charge of electricity and natural gas distribution in Algeria. It was established in 1969, replacing the previous body Electricité et gaz d'Algérie (EGA), and was given a monopoly over the distribution and selling of natural gas within the country as well as the production, distribution, importation, and exportation of electricity. In 2002, its monopoly was revoked by presidential decree N° 02-195, which legally converted it into a private (though entirely government-owned) company; it is now scheduled to be split eventually. As of 2003, it produces 29 billion kWh a year, sells 4.6 billion cubic metres of gas a year, and employs nearly 20,000 people