L’Algérie au 7ème rang mondial en termes de capacité de production

Algeria ranks 7th in the world in terms of production capacity

LNG

Algeria ranks seventh in the world and first in Africa in terms of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production capacity, with 25.5 million tonnes/year until the end of February 2024. According to a report by the International Gas Union (IGU), Algeria ranked seventh in the world in terms of LNG production capacity, ahead of Nigeria (8th position) at the African level with a production capacity of nearly 22.2 million tonnes/year and Egypt (10th position) with 12.2 million tonnes. The United States of America tops this ranking with 91.4 million tonnes/year, followed by Australia (87.6 million tonnes/year) and Qatar (77.1 million tonnes/year). These three countries together represent more than half of the world’s production capacity. Malaysia, meanwhile, comes in fourth with a production capacity of 32 million tonnes/year, just ahead of Indonesia (30.3 million tonnes/year), Russia (29.1 million tonnes/year), Algeria, Nigeria, Trinidad and Tobago (14.8 million tonnes/year) and Egypt. Global LNG production capacity has increased to 483.1 million tonnes/year until the end of February 2024, while the average utilization of the operated production capacity was around 88.7% last year, slightly down from 2022 (89%).
Furthermore, Algeria recorded, according to the report, an increase in its LNG export volume by the end of 2023, with 2.88 million additional tonnes compared to 2022, thus bringing its total exports to 13 million tonnes, with an estimated market share of 3%, placing it seventh in the world.