Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline: Two MoUs signed in Nouakchott to advance the project

Two Memoranda of Understanding on the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline were signed on Saturday in Nouakchott, Mauritania, to advance the progress of the project which aims to turn Africa into a self-reliant continent in terms of gas supply.

The first MoU was signed by Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), the National Nigerian Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) and the Mauritanian Company of Hydrocarbons, while the second was signed by ONHYM, the NNPC, and Senegalese Petrosen Holding (Société des Pétroles du Sénégal).

These Memoranda of Understanding confirm the commitment of the parties to this strategic project which, once completed, will provide gas to all West African countries and will also provide a new alternative export route to Europe.
“These Memoranda of Understanding confirm the commitment of the parties to this strategic project, which, once completed, will provide gas to all West African countries and will also provide a new alternative export route to Europe,” a joint communiqué from the signatories said.

This pipeline will run along the West African coast from Nigeria to Morocco, passing through, among others, Senegal and Mauritania, where it will be connected to the Maghreb Europe Pipeline and from there to the European gas network, the communiqué said.

This infrastructure will help improve the living conditions of the population, the integration of the economies of the sub-region and the mitigation of desertification through a sustainable and reliable gas supply in line with the new commitments of the continent in terms of environmental protection, the signatories added.

The project will also give Africa a new economic, political and strategic dimension.