. The pipeline is scheduled to be completed later this year, after which it will transport Algerian gas into southern Spain. Medgaz is a consortium of Algerian state-owned gas giant Sonatrach, Spanish companies Endesa, Cepsa, and Iberdrola, and France's GdF Suez. The £900-million pipeline is 1,050km long, of which 550km are under the Mediterranean Sea.