Algeria May Halt Gas Supply To Spain If It Doesn’t Stop Re-Exporting Gas

Africa’s top natural gas exporter, Algeria, has warned Spain that it would consider Madrid sending Algerian deliveries to third countries a breach of contract, as Spain plans to send gas to Morocco. Algeria and Morocco are in a diplomatic rift over Western Sahara. Because of the spat, Algeria halted late last year gas supply to Morocco via the Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline that runs from Algeria through Morocco onto Andalusia, Spain.   Spain, for its part, has said it would supply gas to Morocco in a reverse flow of the Maghreb–Europe,…