Algeria's gas output set to rise in 2026, ending two years of decline

Algeria's gas output is expected to rise 1.6% in 2026, ending two years of decline, the African Energy Chamber said.

Awras reported the estimate from a report carried by the Al-Taqa platform. Average output is expected to reach 10bn cubic feet a day this year, up from 9.8bn in 2025.

The expected rise is linked to new production facilities coming into service and to discoveries made in 2025. These discoveries are expected to provide extra supplies and slow the natural fall in output from older fields.

Two projects started operating this year. The first is the Tin Fouye Tabankort field development, which contributes about 2% of Algeria's daily output.

The second is In Amenas 2, which includes four wet gas fields where the share of methane is below 85%.

The Hassi R'Mel development programme covers the field of the same name. It will add 121bn cubic metres of dry gas and 7m tonnes of condensate to the field's reserves.

Data from the Energy Research Unit show output averaged 10bn cubic feet a day from January to August.

The Joint Organisations Data Initiative (JODI) gives August output as about 8.7bn cubic metres, or 9.9bn cubic feet a day. That compares with 8.4bn cubic metres, or 9.5bn cubic feet a day, in August 2025.

Output was highest at the start of the year, at 12bn cubic feet a day in January, 11bn in February and 11bn in March. It then fell to between 9.5bn and 9.9bn cubic feet a day in the second and third quarters.

The country's target is an annual production capacity of up to 200bn cubic metres of natural gas, with half sent to foreign markets.