Cepsa, together with its partners Sonatrach and Total, have started production at the Timimoun natural gas field in Algeria. The start-up of a natural gas field is a first for Cepsa.

The field is located in Wilaya de Adrar, to the southwest of the country, and is expected to generate a daily output of five million cubic meters of natural gas at maximum production. The gas field, shared by Sonatrach (51%), Total (37.75%) and Cepsa (11.25%), consists of 37 producing wells connected to the natural gas collection and treatment facilities, together with the natural gas pipeline that connects the gas fields of southwestern Algeria with Hassi R'mel (GR5). 

This start-up is a major milestone for the project and the strengthening of the historic association between the three partners, after the signing of the concession contract and the gas sale agreement in December 2017. The project’s development plan was approved by the Algerian authorities in 2009.

Algeria’s Minister of Energy, Mustapha Guitouni, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Noureddine Bedoui, and the Minister of Public Works, Abdelghani Zaalane, took part in the inauguration of the natural gas field. The event was also attended by the Director of Cepsa in Algeria, Francisco Claver, the General Director of Sonatrach, Abdelmoumène Ould Kaddour, and the Director of Total for North Africa and the Middle East, Stephane Mitchell.