Nigeria’s national oil company NNPC says all countries involved in the Africa Atlantic gas pipeline, meant to link Nigeria to Morocco, have approved and signed the documents needed to carry it out, Le Nouvelliste reports. NNPC chief executive Bashir Bayo Ojulari made the announcement early November in Abu Dhabi, at the ADIPEC energy fair.
According to an NNPC statement, he confirmed the adherence of every state concerned without giving details of the latest formalities completed. The paper notes the project would thus have passed a new stage in inter-state agreements.
It follows a first diplomatic step: on July 19, 2026, member states of the West African bloc ECOWAS signed an intergovernmental agreement on building the pipeline in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The national hydrocarbons and mines office (ONHYM) then said another ceremony would be held in Morocco so the kingdom and Mauritania could formally join, with Nigerian President Bola Tinubu expected.
The project is valued at nearly $25 billion, with a route of about 6,900 kilometers and a capacity of 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas a year. It is meant to serve several West African markets and Morocco, with possible later extension of deliveries to Europe.
Financial and organizational steps remain: ONHYM’s director general, Amina Benkhadra, previously told Médias24 about creating a project company in Casablanca, defining the financing and preparing investment decisions.
Ojulari also said Nigerian oil output rose by 600,000 barrels a day, from 1.2 million to 1.8 million, which he attributes to reforms. Abuja wants 2 million barrels a day by 2027, and plans gas output of 10 billion cubic feet a day in 2027 and 12 billion by 2030.
