Transport in Tunisia

[2] There are no railways yet in neighbouring Libya though some are under construction in 2008; some gauge conversion would be required for efficient connections.

(MEED Middle East Economic Digest, 15 Feb 2002 v46 i7(1)) Route 1 in the Trans-African Highway network passes through Tunisia, linking it to North African nations including Algeria, Morocco, Libya and Egypt, and to West African nations via Mauritania.

In addition a feeder road links Tunisia to the Trans-Sahara Highway from Algeria to West Africa.

Petrochemicals are Tunisia's third most important export despite the small size of its oil and gas fields as compared to Libya and Algeria.

(IPR Strategic Business Information Database, 18 Dec 2003) Libya's National Oil Corporation formed a joint venture with Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du Gaz to construct a national gas pipeline between the two countries.