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A memorandum of understanding on a gas pipeline project linking Nigeria to Morocco, to export gas to West Africa and Europe, was signed recently in Rabat.
A memorandum of understanding on a gas pipeline project linking Nigeria to Morocco, to export gas to West Africa and Europe, was signed recently in Rabat.
The MOU on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project (NMGP) was initialled by the leaders of the National Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), the Moroccan Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), and the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The text confirmed the commitment of ECOWAS and all the countries involved to contribute to the feasibility of this important project. The project assumes importance against the backdrop that several countries, particularly in Europe, are seeking to reduce their dependence on Russian supplies.
The 6,000 km Nigeria-Morocco project will cross 13 African countries including landlocked countries like Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali. The project also will supply gas to them. It will bring more than 5,000 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Morocco. From there, it will be connected directly to the Maghreb Europe Gas Pipeline (GME) and the European gas network.
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The signing of the NMGP memorandum was announced at the end of 2016. The project took shape against the backdrop of heightened regional rivalry between Morocco and Algeria. Algeria is Africa’s largest exporter of natural gas and the world’s 7th largest. Algeria, Niger, and Nigeria signed a memorandum of understanding to materialise a competing mega-project for a trans-Saharan gas pipeline (TSGP). The project envisages a more than 4,000 km long pipeline, in order to transport Nigerian gas to Europe via Niger and Algeria. The date of completion of the project is not yet fixed as of now.
