Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline | |
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![]() 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 (1.07×10 12 cu ft/a) |
No. of compressor stations | 9 |
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.