*Algeria notched up 11-year high gas exports of 54.6bcm for 2021 amid all-time high sales gas output of 102.8bcm (MEES, 25 March 2022).

*But 2022 saw a sharp reversal. MEES number-crunching based on official import stats for Algeria’s core pipeline markets of Italy and Spain, as well as LNG export figures from data intelligence firm Kpler, show gas export volumes fell by almost 10% to 49.3bcm for 2022, down more than 5bcm from the bumper 2021 figure. Pipeline exports were down and LNG down more (see chart 1). (CONTINUED - 1099 WORDS)