Tunisia's state-owned oil and gas exploration and production company Entreprise Tunisienne d’Activités Pétrolières (ETAP) has started to produce gas at its South Tunisian Gas Project (STGP) (Nawara gas project), which is expected to increase domestic gas production by 50%. The TND 3.25bn (US$1.1bn) project was developed in a 50/50 joint venture by ETAP and OMV Tunisia and will enter commercial operation with an average production capacity of 2.7 mcm/d in November 2019.
The Nawara project involved the construction of gas transportation and treatment facilities to bring stranded and associated gas from the south of Tunisia (Nawara concession and others). It comprises: a 2.7 mcm/d Central Processing Facility (CPF) that will collect gas received from the Nawara field to be compressed prior to transport via the gas pipeline for the commercial gas and the Trapsa oil pipeline for the condensates; a 370 km pipeline for rich gas, condensates and commercial products with a design capacity of 10 mcm/day; and a gas treatment plant (GTP) located on the coast in the Ghannouch industrial area near Gabès that will produce marketable products (natural gas, propane and butane).