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Article: The Sardinia Pipeline.
- Article from:
- APS Review Gas Market Trends
- Article date:
- February 12, 2007
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A feasibility study for a marine pipeline from Algeria's eastern terminal of Skikda to Sardinia and Corsica has been done by a Milan-based R&D firm, Galsi, formed in November 2002 of Sonatrach (40%), Italy's rapidly expanding gas/power utility Edison (20%), EnelPower (15%), Wintershall of Germany (15%), and the newly set up Italian energy buying consortium Eos Energia (10%). The $2 bn, 900-km pipeline, to be operational by 2011, will reach the Italian coast near La Spezia. It will be extended to France and Germany later on. A power line will be built along the route. Its capacity will eventually be doubled to 16 BCM/y.
Edison, Italy's second largest utility ...