Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline

Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline
Trans-Mediterranean (in purple) and future Trans-Saharan gas pipelines (in red)
Trans-Mediterranean (in purple) and future Trans-Saharan gas pipelines (in red)
Location
CountryAlgeria, Tunisia, Italy
General directionsouth-north
FromHassi R'Mel, Algeria
Passes throughTunisia, Mediterranean Sea
ToMinerbio, Italy
General information
Typenatural gas
PartnersSonatrach, Sotugat, Eni
OperatorSonatrach, Sergaz, TMPC,
Commissioned1983
Technical information
Length2,475 km (1,538 mi)
Maximum discharge30.2 billion cubic metres per annum (1.07×10^12 cu ft/a)
No. of compressor stations9

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.