Algeria inaugurates key gas pipeline By MEED 12 May 2021 (Last Updated May 12th, 2021 11:23) Algeria has launched the EGPDF pipeline for transporting natural gas from Algeria to Europe. The $240m pipeline expands the country’s Medgaz link to Europe. Credit: MEED. Share Article Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Mohamed Arkab has inaugurated the EGPDF pipeline, which links to the international Medgaz pipeline that transports natural gas from Algeria to Europe. Arkab, accompanied by Sonatrach head Toufik Hakkar, visited Algeria’s Naama province and ceremonially cut the ribbon for the pipeline launch. The 197km pipeline runs from El Aricha to Beni Saf in the country’s north and costs around AD32bn ($240m).