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The ambitious Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project, estimated to cost $25bn, is advancing rapidly with the creation of a dedicated project company and the expansion of its international financial backing.

The pipeline, set to stretch nearly 6,000 km across West Africa, is designed to enhance regional energy access and provide a secure link for Nigerian gas to reach Europe.

According to a statement, the Director-General of Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines, Amina Benkhadra, confirmed that the formation of the project company is underway, a crucial step for structuring the massive financing and overseeing implementation.

Technical studies completed in 2025 were said to have confirmed the pipeline’s route.

“It is engineered to transport between 15 and 30 billion cubic metres of gas per year, serving 13 West African coastal states and reaching approximately 400 million people. Internal domestic connections will also link landlocked countries like Niger, Burkina Faso, and Mali to the main line, which will eventually connect to the existing Maghreb-Europe Pipeline, granting Nigerian gas access to the European market.

“Project governance will be layered, featuring a parent company that oversees regional entities managing specific pipeline segments. This framework has been approved by the Economic Community of West African States,” the statement explained.

In July, Togo was officially brought in as a public partner through an additional protocol signed by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, ONHYM, and Togo’s gas company, it was said.

On the financing front, Energy Minister Leïla Benali indicated that the United Arab Emirates will join a pool of existing major institutions, including the European Investment Bank, the Islamic Development Bank, and the OPEC Fund.

“The project company currently being formed will be responsible for mobilising these funds, with a final investment decision expected by the end of 2025,” the statement concluded.

legitnow1:
LOL



REAL LIFE PIPE PROJECT.



WITH THE LEVEL OF CONFLICT BREWING IN THE SAHEL AND NIGERIA, ALL I CAN SAY IS GOODLUCK.



WILL THE NIGER MILITARY AGREEE?

godwinngbede:
Are we self sufficient in gas production? Hope the state producing gas will get the lion's share?


Meanwhile see what Israel promised to do should they get overwhelmed by their enemies


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-MiSnHDwe_Q

seunowa:
https://punchng.com/25bn-nigeria-morocco-gas-project-company-officially-established/?amp

aribisala0:
Questions
Who is paying for it
How does it benefit Nigerians

Morocco has huge phosphate reserves
They need gas for making phosphate fertilizer

They need us we don't need them

They can easily bring the phosphate to Nigeria to make fertilizer here and create jobs

The only thing going in that pipeline is jobs
We have millions of unemployed people

Our women cook with kerosene , charcoal and firewood and we want to export gas while European companies with no fa's have taps in their kitchen for gas

Do you know They don't even use gas cylinder like us They have a network of gas pipes conbect3d to every hor that is on grid

Let us put Nigeria first

We just gear with our ears that there is something called LNG now this

Not one of those pipes us made in Nigeria

The funny thing is they are made with gas by countries with no gas

Let us always put Nigeria first

Why can we gave gas pipeline to every town in Nigeria like they do across Germany and Europe

funshint:
Nigeria cannot utilize it's gas resources to provide stable electricity and gas self-sufficiency for her people but can readily spend billions just to siphon it to Europe. Nigerian leaders are unbelievable!

aribisala0:
Questions
Who is paying for it
How does it benefit Nigerians

Morocco has huge phosphate reserves
They need gas for making phosphate fertilizer

They need us we don't need them

They can easily bring the phosphate to Nigeria to make fertilizer here and create jobs

The only thing going in that pipeline is jobs
We have millions of unemployed people

Our women cook with kerosene , charcoal and firewood and we want to export gas while European companies with no fa's have taps in their kitchen for gas

Do you know They don't even use gas cylinder like us They have a network of gas pipes connected to every home that is on grid

Let us put Nigeria first

We just hear with our ears that there is something called LNG now this

Not one of those pipes us made in Nigeria

The funny thing is they are made with gas by countries with no gas

Let us always put Nigeria first

Why can we gave gas pipeline to every town in Nigeria like they do across Germany and Europe

funshint:
Nigeria cannot utilize it's gas resources to provide stable electricity and gas self-sufficiency for her people but can readily spend billions just to siphon it to Europe. Nigerian leaders are unbelievable!

funshint:
Nigeria cannot utilize it's gas resources to provide stable electricity and gas self-sufficiency for her people but can readily spend billions just to siphon it to Europe. Nigerian leaders are unbelievable!

funshint:
Nigeria cannot utilize it's gas resources to provide stable electricity and gas self-sufficiency for her people but can readily spend billions just to siphon it to Europe. Nigerian leaders are unbelievable!