Representative of Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), Imane Mansouri, said that “the Moroccan part of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline has been named Atlantic Dorsal, and will be, as its name indicates, the backbone of the diesel infrastructure to be developed in Morocco.”
Presenting this mega project at a conference organized by the National Electricity Regulatory Agency (ANRE), on the occasion of the second MEDREG Presidents’ Workshop, Imane Mansouri explained that the Atlantic Dorsal, with a length of 1,672 km, will relay the GME pipeline in the region of Dakhla, the point of fall and arrival of the Nigeria-Morocco pipeline.
It will be carried out in several phases, said the official, noting that “each phase is designed to connect an industrial region with high natural gas consumption.”
“The first phase concerns the Kenitra region, which is currently supplied by local production, but the demand is so great that having an additional supply of fuel with natural gas will allow to upscale existing industries,” she said.
The Nigeria-Morocco pipeline “is a high-impact project that will affect a population of 340 million people,” specified the official, adding that the pipeline will cross 13 countries while connecting three others, namely Mali, Burkina Faso, and Nigeria.
The gas reserves, estimated at 5,400 BCM, will be supplied mainly by Nigeria, Mauritania, Senegal, Ghana, and the Ivory Coast.
As for the target markets, Mansouri said that it currently includes Europe, West Africa, and Morocco.
The pipeline has been making headlines recently, with multiple potential and hopeful investors expressing interest in the continental project.
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari urged the United Kingdom and European Union countries to invest in the pipeline project.
“The UK and EU countries should invest in the pipeline project to bring Nigerian gas – the largest reserves in Africa – through Morocco to Europe,” Buhari told Bloomberg.
While stressing the need for a long-term partnership between Nigeria and the United Kingdom and the European Union on green energy policy, the Nigerian president expressed the need for a long-term partnership on green energy policy.
The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline will contribute to accelerating the electrification and energy development in the countries the pipeline crosses, and foster regional economic integration.
The project will promote trade and development for the mutual benefit of the countries involved, and reduce gas dependency while diversifying energy sources.
Exports of the gas to Europe will also contribute to opening various economic growth opportunities.
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