TIGUENTOURINE - Algeria exported 55 billion cubic metres of gas in 2017, roughly in line with the previous year, the head of state energy firm Sonatrach said on Tuesday.

Sonatrach officials said that compared with 54 billion cubic metres of gas exports in 2016, revised down from the 57 billion cubic metres that the firm had reported late last year.

(Reporting by Lmaine Chikhi; Writing by Aidan Lewis; Editing by Louise Heavens)

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