The gas will flow through the gazoduc Pedro Duran Farell (GPDF) pipeline linking Algeria’s gas fields to the Iberian peninsula through Morocco.

The delivery will supply the Ain Beni Mathar power plants with 470 mw and Tahaddart with 385mw.

The contract was signed in Algiers by Director General of the National electricity utility (ONE) Ali Fassi Fihri and the CEO of Algerian state-owned hydrocarbon group Sonatrach, Nourredinne Cherouati.