more than 4,000 km long, the TSGP will allow Nigerian gas to Europe, where several countries seek to reduce their dependence on Russian deliveries.
Le Monde
The Algerian, Nigerian and Nigerian energy ministers signed, Thursday, July 28, a memorandum of concretization of the Trans -Saharan gas pipeline (the TSGP) which will allow Nigerian gas to Europe, According to the official agency Algeria Press Service (APS).
The TSGP should ultimately transport billions of cubic meters of Nigerian gas to Algeria via Niger. Algeria will then be able to send Nigerian gas to the European Union via Transmed, which connects the country to Italy via Tunisia, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported by Lightners.
During the third tripartite ministerial meeting Algeria-Niger-Nigeria on Thursday in Algiers, the Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines, Mohamed Arkab, and his counterparts from Nigeria, Timipre Sylva, and Niger, Mahamane Sani Mahamadou , signed the memorandum of understanding after discussing the aspects of the project, in particular its progress, according to the APS. For the moment, no indication has been given on its completion date.
During its launch in 2009, the TSGP investment cost was estimated at $ 10 billion. With a length of 4,128 km, including 1,037 km in Nigerian territory, 841 km in Niger and 2,310 km in Algeria, this gas pipeline will also allow food for the Sahel countries.
This project was reactivated in a geopolitical context marked by a strong international demand for gas and petroleum and by a flambée of prices after the invasion of Ukraine by Russia in late February. Several countries, including European, seek to reduce their dependence on Russian deliveries and have turned to Algeria.
The country, whose proven natural gas reserves amount to almost 2,400 billion cubic meters, provided around 11 % of the gas consumed in Europe before the war in Ukraine, against 47 % for Russia. He is the first African natural gas exporter and the world seventh.