France opposes Pyrenees gas pipeline

Spanish plans to build a third natural gas pipeline through the Pyrenees are on hold due to France’s continued opposition


MidCat pipeline
Proposed link could carry seven billion cubic metres of gas per year – equal to about one-fifth of Spain’s annual consumption – to southern France

Existing gas pipeline network 
Gas pipelines between France and Spain
LNG terminals

Atlantic Ocean
PORTUGAL
Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline
MOROCCO
Madrid
Medgaz
Bay of Biscay
SPAIN
ALGERIA
Mediterranean Sea
Pyrenees
FRANCE
Ligurian Sea
200km 125 miles


Sources: ENTSOG, Financial Times
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