Mohammed Jetutu, in Cairo
Algerian state-owned oil company Sonatrach produces Nine Million Tons Per Year (9MMTPA) of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), of which it exports about 6MMTPA.
Sonatrach is the largest producer and exporter of LPG in the Mediterranean region, with Egypt coming a distant second in Africa, at 1.9MMTPA (2024 figures). Algeria’s publicly stated strategy is to balance domestic use with export growth; supplying local demand — across residential, industrial, autogas and petrochemical sectors — remains a priority, while keeping sustainability in focus.
But the company’s supply to African markets is a mixed grill; while it enthusiastically supplies Tunisia, whose consumption hardly reaches 700,000 Tons Per Year, its export to neighbouring Morocco (1.03MMTPA in 2022), was halted as a result of trade and diplomatic issues. The Hydrocarbon starved kingdom, one of Africa’s largest consumers of LPG, has veered to alternative import from Europe.
