Export terminal · Oran, Algeria

Arzew-Bethioua LNG Terminal

Arzew-Bethioua LNG Terminal is an operating LNG export terminal in Oran, Algeria. The tracker lists 4 tracked units with 20.8 Mtpa operating, the earliest starting in 1964. It is owned by Sonatrach SpA.

Operating Algeria

Operating

20.8 Mtpa

28.3 bcm/y · 3 units

Under construction

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no units under construction

Proposed

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no units proposed

At a glance

Country: Algeria
State / province: Oran
Region: Not reported
Import / export: Export
Onshore / floating: Not reported
Status (rolled up): Operating
Trains / phases tracked: 4
Earliest start year: 1964
Latest start year: 2014
Coordinates: 35.8045° N, 0.2410° W
GEM terminal ID: T100000130243
GEM wiki page: gem.wiki

Trains and phases

Each row is one unit as tracked by GEM. Ordered by start year, then proposal year.

Unit	Status	Capacity (Mtpa)	Capacity (bcm/y)	Start	Proposed	FID	Owner (as reported)
Unit GL4Z	Retired	0.9	1.22	1964	—	Not reported	Sonatrach SpA [100%]
Unit GL1Z	Operating	7.9	10.7	1978	—	Not reported	Sonatrach SpA [100%]
Unit GL2Z	Operating	8.2	11.2	1981	—	Not reported	Sonatrach SpA [100%]
Unit GL3Z	Operating	4.7	6.39	2014	—	Not reported	Sonatrach SpA [100%]

Capacity by status

Status	Units	Mtpa	bcm/y
Operating	3	20.8	28.3
Retired	1	0.9	1.22

Owners and operators

Stakes as reported by GEM per unit, merged across units. Percentages are omitted where GEM does not give them.

Owners

Sonatrach SpA100%

Operators

Sonatrach SpA

Location

Arzew-Bethioua LNG Terminal at 35.8045° N, 0.2410° W, with 7 tracked gas pipelines passing within 25 km.

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Coordinates: 35.8045° N, 0.2410° W
Coordinate accuracy (GEM): exact
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Nearest tracked terminals

Connected gas pipelines

Tracked pipelines whose route passes within 25 km of this terminal, or whose name matches it. Proximity is not proof of a physical connection.

Pipeline	Status	Length	Capacity	Distance	Matched by
Sougueur-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	104 km	—	1 km	route proximity
Haoudh El Hamra-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	795 km	—	1.1 km	route proximity
Hassi R'Mel-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	513 km	11.25 bcm/y	1.7 km	route proximity
Hassi R'Mel-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	509 km	6.67 bcm/y	2 km	route proximity
Hassi R'Mel-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	507 km	40.65 bcm/y	2 km	route proximity
Hassi R'Mel-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	511 km	40.65 bcm/y	2 km	route proximity
Hassi R'Mel-Arzew Gas Pipeline	Operating	511 km	40.65 bcm/y	2 km	route proximity

Exposed to chokepoints

Where cargoes from this terminal would normally pass a maritime chokepoint, by destination market.

Destination	Chokepoints on the usual route	Alternative route
Europe	Strait of GibraltarOnly for cargoes leaving the Mediterranean; intra-Mediterranean voyages pass no chokepoint.	—

Routing is an editorial model of typical laden voyages, held in a hand-maintained lane table. It is not vessel tracking, and it does not account for diversions, canal draught limits, ice class or seasonal closures. See methodology, or take the machine-readable exposure feed. Links to the Chokepoints site are inactive until its domain is set in the environment.