Libya, Algeria award $1.8bn of gas infrastructure contracts

Citadel Capital-backed gas distributor TAQA Arabia won a $165m contract in Libya to build a gas distribution network linking the country’s three major cities. In Algeria, Japan’s JGC and a joint venture between Swiss engineering firm ABB and Algerian oil and gas construction firm Sarpi won contracts totalling $1.6bn for gas gathering, metering and pipeline facilities.