Morocco and Nigeria intend to build the longest offshore gas pipeline worldwide to transport gas between both countries, through 11 countries in West Africa, according to Nigerian media outlets, reported MAP on Tuesday.
Advisor to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, said that “the partnership concluded between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines in Morocco (ONHYM), was initialed in June 2018.”
“Nigeria and Morocco set the goal to build the longest offshore gas pipeline in the world,” he added.
“The pipeline will transport gas from Nigeria to Morocco towards Europe through 11 countries in West Africa,” he specified.
The Nigerian Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, said on Monday that this project, which is an extension of the West African gas pipeline, which transports gas from Nigeria to Ghana, is currently in the studies phase and still looking for financial partners to deliver it to Morocco, where it will be linked to the European market.
“We want to deliver this gas pipeline to Morocco along the coast,” Sylva said.
Providing an update on the project, Sylva said, “the Nigerian-Morocco gas pipeline is already operationally connecting Nigeria to the Benin Republic, Togo, and Ghana.”
“So far, we are still at the studies phase, and we are certainly at the level of securing financing for this project, and there are many bodies that have expressed their interest,” he added.
Sylva further stated that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia are among the international organizations ready to invest in the Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project.
Additionally, the Islamic Development Bank launched a request for Proposals last October for the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment and the land Acquisition Policy Framework for the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project.
The request for proposals stated that this evaluation included 13 countries, namely Nigeria, Morocco, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, and Mauritania.
The request for proposals noted that the project had received financing from the Islamic Development Bank, so the pipeline is expected to run from the Brass Island station in Nigeria to reach Morocco, and will operate at a flow rate of 30 billion cubic meters per year.
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