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In a 50-50 joint venture with the Algerian state oil company Sonatrach, one of the world's leading gas producers, BP will supply 500m cu ft a day from 2005 in a 20-year contract with National Grid Transco.
The venture will meet 5% of the UK's entire current gas demand and all its LNG needs until 2008.
However, in the next decade UK gas demand is expected to expand by at least 15% during which time it is expected that the country will move from being an exporter of gas to relying on imports to provide more than half of its supply.
