Algeria, Nigeria, Niger sign memorandum for Sahara gas pipeline
Algeria, Nigeria, Niger sign memorandum for Sahara gas pipeline
Algeria, Nigeria and Niger had in June agreed to revive the decades-old talks over the project, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources.
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The Trans-Saharan gas pipeline is an estimated $13 billion project [PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty-file photo]
Algeria, Nigeria and Niger have signed a memorandum of understanding to build a natural gas pipeline across the Sahara desert, Algeria's energy minister said on Thursday.
The three countries had in June agreed to revive the decades-old talks over the project, a potential opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas sources.
The pipeline is expected to span 4,000 kilometers (2,485 miles), according to Algeria's Ennahar TV.
The Trans-Saharan gas pipeline is an estimated $13 billion project that could send up to 30 billion cubic metres a year of supplies to Europe.
The idea was first proposed more than 40 years ago and an agreement signed between the countries in 2009, but progress stalled.
(Reuters)
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