Tunisia’s natural gas resources (national production + tax package) were established at 1000 KTEP at the end of June 2025, down 9% compared to the same period of 2024. This contraction is linked to the drop in local production and the tax package on the transit of Algerian gas, according to the monthly report of the National Energy and Mines Observatory.
The production of dry commercial gas decreased by 5% over a year, while the royalty on the passage of Algerian gas dropped by 14%, to stand at 424 ktep.
Algerian gas purchases increasing
The main decline fields are Hasdrubal (-11%), Nawara (-31%), Miskar (-2%). On the other hand, the production of the southern commercial gas increased by 9%.
The observatory insisted on the decline in the tax package linked to the transit of Algerian gas, the entire fee of which was sold to the STEG in June 2025. A surpassing of samples by the STEG, estimated at 76 million m³, has also been reported and remains in regularization.
Faced with this drop in resources, Tunisia has increased its Algerian gas purchases, up 23% over a year, reaching 1290 ktep. Thus, the national supply increased by 10%, to 2302 KTEP, in order to meet domestic demand also rising sharply.
10% increase in natural gas demand
Total natural gas demand reached 2293 KTEP-PCI (+10%). Consumption for electricity production increased by 13%, representing 69% of total demand. Tunisian electricity production is 94% on natural gas.
