The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd will tomorrow seal a Memorandum of Understanding on gas pipeline project with National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines of Morocco and the ECOWAS Commission.
The MoU is expected to drive the execution of the 7,000km Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline project.
In preparation of the signing of the agreement scheduled to hold September 15, 2022 in Rabat, Morocco, Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Mele Kyari, paid a courtesy visit to H.E Dr. Omar Alieu Touray, the President of the ECOWAS Commission.
During the meeting, NNPC and ECOWAS Commission reaffirmed their commitment on the project to provide gas to the West-African countries through the kingdom of Morocco and subsequently Europe.
The NNPC and ONHYM will also sign two MoUs with SMH of Mauritania and Petrosen of Senegal to participate in the project.
Once completed, the project will supply about three billion standard cubit feet of gas along the coast of West Africa from Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’ Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania to Morocco.
Other benefits include improvement of living standards of people, integration of the economies within the sub-region, and mitigation against desertification through sustainable and reliable gas supply.
