From there, TSGP gas is planned to be pumped through the undersea Trans-Mediterranean Pipeline to Europe or loaded onto liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers for export. Energy experts, however, doubt that African gas will flow into Europe any time soon, with some saying the pipeline won't be built in the next 10 years. Moreover, political differences continue to hamper the gas pipeline project and prevent Nigeria from benefiting from the global shift to renewable energies, he said. He cited the TransMed Pipeline between Algeria, Tunisia and Italy as an example of the North African country's growing energy importance. Without that, Algeria wouldn't build GALSI, he said, because the Europeans could say one day "we no longer need Africa's gas."

Source: The North Africa Journal August 12, 2022 08:39 UTC