Nigeria and Morocco are yet to secure funds for a mega pipeline project to bring Nigerian gas to North Africa and Europe, Nigeria's oil minister, Timipre Sylva said. Since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Africa's gas reserves have come under increasing scrutiny, with the European Union, in particular, looking for alternatives to its gas supplies from Russia. Sylva said the pipeline would be an extension of a pipeline that has been carrying gas from southern Nigeria to Benin, Ghana and Togo since 2010. There has long been interest in bringing Nigerian gas to North Africa, with Algeria leading discussions in 2002 for a similar pipeline project through the Sahel region. Nigeria, an OPEC member, has huge gas reserves, the largest in Africa and the seventh-largest in the world.

Source: The North Africa Journal May 03, 2022 12:32 UTC