Natural gas resources (national production and fiscal package) reached 1,649 tonnes of oil equivalent (ktoe), at the end of September 2024, thus recording a drop of 18% compared to the same period of the previous year.
According to the report on the energy situation for September 2024, published by the National Observatory of Energy and Mines (Onem), the production of dry commercial gas decreased by 25%, the royalty on the passage of Algerian gas recorded a drop of 8% in nine months compared to the same period of 2023 to stand at 711 ktoe.
The decline particularly concerned the Hasdrubal and Nawara fields, whose production fell by 12% and 39% respectively.
Similarly, production from the Miskar field decreased by 19%.
As for commercial gas from the south, its production increased by 12% at the end of September 2024 compared to the same period of 2023.
Onem indicated a reduction in the tax package on the transit of Algerian gas of 8%, at the end of September 2024 compared to the end of September 2023.
Furthermore, the distribution of the total royalty between that transferred to Steg and that exported shows that the largest part is transferred to Steg (100% at the end of September 2024).
It should be noted that an excess of Steg levies on the royalty due to the Tunisian State was recorded, at the end of September 2024, by a quantity of 152 million cm3 (it is in the process of being regularized).
As for Algerian gas purchases, they fell by 2% between the end of September 2023 and the end of September 2024, to stand at 1810 ktoe.
National natural gas supply also fell by 3% to 3,526 ktoe.
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