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Nawara Development Project

History and scope of the project
Project Benefits for Tunisian Economy
Project components

History and scope of the project

In 2006, the Nawara gas/condensate
discovery was made in the Jenein Sud
exploration permit (in the South of the
Tataouine Governorate).Further drilling
campaigns resulted in eight further
successful wells by 2010. The concession
was then granted to ETAP and OMV by the
Ministry of Industry.

To transport the future gas/condensate the South Tunisia Gas Project (STGP)
was launched in 2008 by Tunisia’s ETAP, OMV, ENI (left consortium end of 2012)
and Pioneer (OMV bought its Tunisian assets in January 2011). STGP includes a
Central Processing Facility at the Nawara well site and a 370 km pipeline from
Nawara to Gabes where a Gas Treatment Plant will be installed.
In April 2012, the Tunisian Government of that time unilaterally changed the
location of the facilities and pipeline route to include the city of Tataouine. As the
altered routing would have made the project technically more complex and
uneconomic, the Government agreed to revert to the original route with the plant
in Gabes in February 2013. In March 2014, the Government announced that
independent of the Nawara Project it will build a spur line and a bottling plant to
Tataouine city to satisfy the local gas and employment demands.

The Nawara Development project is a key strategic infrastructure project for

Tunisia enabling the unlocking of South Tunisia’s gas resources. For OMV, this
joint project with ETAP (50/50% ETAP/OMV) is a substantial part of its growth
strategy in Tunisia and within its international portfolio.
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Project Benefits for Tunisian Economy

Establishment of the energy industry as backbone for Tunisia’ s economic growth:
By developing national resources Tunisia will reduce its dependency on energy
imports and increase the GDP with this domestic energy industry. The main gas
pipeline has a design capacity for up to 10 mn Sm3/d, thus enabling future
additional gas production from potential new gas discoveries in Southern Tunisia.
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Project components
Following the Plan of Development approval by the General Direction of Energy
(DGE) in May 2013, the Nawara Development Project mainly consists of three
components:

Central Processing Facilities (CPF) at Nawara site

Gas Pipeline (24’’, 370 km) from Nawara to Gabes

Gas Treatment Plant (GTP) at Gabes to produce LPG products and

commercial gas

Factsheet Nawara Gas Development, (0.22 MB, PDF)

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