Sonatrach - GR5 Pipeline and Gas Compressor Stations

The GR5 is a new 48 inches gas transmission system on 760 kilometers (km) intended to collect the gas to be produced by 9 fields in the South West of Hassi R'Mel. The pipeline route crosses desert areas, the Aoulet plain, Tademait Plateau, a vast sand dunes area "Grand Erg Occidental", and then Hamada areas up to Hassi R'Mel. The current project includes the construction of Phase 1 involving a 309-km section from Reggane to Krechba and Phase 2 involving a 474-km section from Krechba to Hassi R'Mel as well as a new compressor station located in Hassi R'Mel.

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