Hassi R'Mel is a town in Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

 located near the 18th largest gas field worldwide

Hassi R'Mel gas field

The Hassi R'Mel Gas Field is the largest gas field in Algeria and one of the largest gas fields in the world. It is located in the vicinity of Hassi R'Mel village, south of Algiers. The gas field extends from north to south and from east to west....

. Hassi R'Mel is located in Laghouat Province

Laghouat Province

Laghouat is a province in central Algeria. The name means "the oases". The capital is Laghouat. Other localities include Aflou, Ain Madhi, Kourdane and Makhareg.-Administrative division:...

 60 kilometres (37.3 mi) northwest of Ghardaïa

Ghardaïa

Ghardaïa is the capital city of Ghardaïa Province, Algeria. The commune of Ghardaïa has a population of 104,645, with 82,500 in the main city according to 2005 estimates. It is located in northern-central Algeria in the Sahara Desert and lies along the left bank of the Wadi Mzab...

. It is the capital of Hassi R'Mel District

Hassi R'Mel District

Aïn Mahdi is a district in Laghouat Province, Algeria. It was named after its capital, the natural gas extraction town of Hassi R'Mel.-Municipalities:The district is further divided into 2 municipalities:*Hassi R'Mel*Hassi Delaâ...

. Hass R'Mel has an airport

Hassi R'Mel Airport

Hassi R'Mel Airport , also known as Tilrhemt Airport or Tilrempt Airport is an airport serving Hassi R'Mel, a town in the Laghouat Province of Algeria. It is located from Hassi R'Mel.-Airlines and destinations:...

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Hassi R'Mel is a hub for natural gas and oil pipelines running to coastal cities of Arzew

Arzew

Arzew or Arzeu is a port city in Algeria, from Oran. It is the capital of Arzew District, Oran Province.-Antiquity:Like the rest of North Africa, the site of modern-day Arzew was originally inhabited by the Berbers...

, Algiers

Algiers

' is the capital and largest city of Algeria. According to the 1998 census, the population of the city proper was 1,519,570 and that of the urban agglomeration was 2,135,630. In 2009, the population was about 3,500,000...

, and Skikda

Skikda

Skikda is a city in north eastern Algeria and a port on the Gulf of Stora, the ancient Sinus Numidicus. It was known as Philippeville until the end of the Algerian War of Independence in 1962...

. The National Centre For Despatching Gas is also starting point for the Maghreb-Europe

Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline

The Maghreb–Europe Gas Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline, which links the Hassi R'mel field in Algeria through Morocco with Cordoba in Andalusia, Spain, where it is connected with the Spanish and Portuguese gas grids...

, Trans-Mediterranean

Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline

The Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline from Algeria via Tunisia to Sicily and thence to mainland Italy. An extension of the TransMed pipeline delivers Algerian gas to Slovenia.-History:...

, Medgaz

Medgaz

Medgaz is a submarine natural gas pipeline between Algeria and Spain.-History:The idea of building a direct gas pipeline between Algeria and Europe arose in the 1970s. However, the technical limitations at that time prevented the construction and operation of an ultra deepwater gas pipeline...

 and Galsi

Galsi

Galsi may refer to:* Galsi, Bardhaman, a town in West Bengal, India* GALSI, a planned Algeria-Sardinia-Italy natural gas pipe line...

 gas export pipelines supplying Southern Europe. It is the planned final destination of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline.

In Hassi R'Mel area would be located an integrated solar combined cycle power station

Hassi R'Mel integrated solar combined cycle power station

The Hassi R'Mel integrated solar combined cycle power station is a hybrid power station that is to be built near Hassi R'Mel in Algeria, thought to be the first of its kind...

, which thought to be the first of its kind in the world & Algeria.