West Africa: W'african Nations Approve $27bn Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline to Move 30bcm Annually
The project would carry up to 30 billion cubic metres of gas a year and send about half to Morocco and Europe, Reuters reported.
- On July 19, West African leaders signed the Intergovernmental Agreement for the $25 billion Nigeria-Morocco Atlantic Gas Pipeline during an ECOWAS summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone, establishing the legal and regulatory framework for one of Africa's largest cross-border energy projects.
- Project officials said the initiative aims to establish an economic development corridor linking West Africa, the Sahel region, Morocco and Europe, though analysts have warned that safeguarding it requires long-term security cooperation across multiple borders.
- The approximately 6,000-kilometer pipeline will traverse 13 countries along the Atlantic coast, carrying 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually once completed in 2028, with about half designated for export to Europe via Spain.
- A project company headquartered in Casablanca, Morocco will oversee development and operations, while a governance body based in Abuja, Nigeria will coordinate investor recruitment and final investment decisions.
- Security analysts argue the project requires coordinated naval and coastguard monitoring, intelligence-sharing and long-term political buy-in across host governments, with implementation depending on states' capacity to deploy drones and aerial surveillance across multiple coastal states.
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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) signed an agreement in Freetown on July 19, 2026, supporting the Atlantic Gas Pipeline project. This project, launched in 2016 by Rabat and Abuja, is designed to transport up to 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year. We spoke with Amina Benkhadra, Director General of Morocco's National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines, the operator responsible for implementing the project on the Mo…
(Johannesburg = Yonhap News) Correspondent Na Hak-jin = The construction project for a gas pipeline connecting Nigeria in West Africa to Morocco is set to proceed in earnest.
It will extend along almost 6,000 kilometers, run along the Atlantic coast and cross at least thirteen nations
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