The 20-year-old Trans-Mediterranean (TransMed) Pipeline, with 1,300-Bcf-per-year-capacity, transports Algerian Natural Gas to Sicily, crossing the Mediterranean from Cap Bon. Tunisia receives royalties (5.25 - 6.75 percent value of the natural gas, in cash or in kind) from the pipeline as payment for access through its territory. In May 2005, Agip, which operates the TransMed pipeline along with Algerias Sonatrach, agreed to expand the capacity of the Tunisian section of the pipeline by 113 Bcf/year by 2008. In a second expansion to be completed by 2012, the capacity of the Tunisian section will be increased by an additional 117 Bcf/year, bringing total capacity to a maximum of 1,183 Bcf/year.