Algeria, Nigeria, and Niger have inked a deal for a trans-Saharan gas pipeline project. READ:The Virginia Gas Project, Cleaner and Consistent Alternative EnergyMr. Arkab said they are set to continue talks through a technical team created during the meeting and to entrust the preparation of everything involved to it: from technical and financial studies to feasibility ones for the construction of the trans-Saharan gas pipeline. The minister described the gas pipeline project as a new source of supply for European markets where demand is steadily rising. There are considerations to channel the gas from Nigeria to Europe through Niger and Algeria. The Algerian oil company Sonatrach had in 2002 signed a Memorandum of Understanding with its Nigerian counterpart to build a gas pipeline that, starting from the oil fields in southern Nigeria, would cross Niger and arrive in Algeria.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 23, 2022 14:50 UTC