Moroccan project seriously worries Algeria

Algerian authorities fear that the African Atlantic gas pipeline project Morocco-Nigeria launched by King Mohammed VI and the former Nigerian president will jeopardize the future of the Nigeria-Niger-Algeria gas pipeline.

Morocco and Nigeria are working to finalize the African Atlantic Morocco-Nigeria gas pipeline project. With a total cost of around $25 billion, this future 5,600 km long gas pipeline will start in Nigeria and cross 13 countries on the West African coast to reach Morocco, where it will be connected to the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, then to the entire European gas network. Its capacity is 30 billion cubic meters per year. This project is “a stimulating factor for regional development and for the creation of economic integration between the countries concerned by this strategic project, in addition to its contribution to the link between the African and European continents,” Leila Benali, Minister of Energy Transition, recently declared.