Back on the discussion table for the launch of the Trans-Saharan Gas-Pipeline (TSGP) project. Launched in 2009, by their predecessors, representatives of the three governments participated in a tripartite meeting to put the project back on track.
This is the 3rd meeting between the ministerial counterparts of the three countries since the launch of the project. The meeting took place in Algiers, where the protagonists found common ground on the said project.
The latter consists of the construction of a 4,128 km long pipeline, linking Nigeria to Algeria via Niger. The resumption of this vast project comes at a time when Western countries are desperate to find an energy alternative to Russian hydrocarbons.
Indeed, the construction of such a pipeline would largely relieve the heavy dependence of certain European countries such as Germany and France on Russian gas. Algeria is already taking advantage of this situation to increase its hydrocarbon production. Moreover, the country supplies Europe via several gas pipelines including the trans-Mediterranean gas pipeline.
Beyond coming to the aid of Europe, Nigeria sees an important economic opportunity, which is among the Top 10 of the richest countries in gas, with an estimated quantity of 5,000 million m3 and a quantity of reserve proven 2,400 billion m3.
The Algerian Ministers of Mines, Mohamed Arkab, Nigerian of Petroleum, Timipre Sylva, and Nigerian of Petroleum, Energy and Renewable Energies have already signed.
The gas pipeline will, among other things, serve the countries of the Sahel, which crosses Nigeria over 1,037 km, Niger over 849 km, and Algeria over 2,310 km. The cost of this pharaonic project was estimated at 10 billion dollars when it was launched more than 10 years ago now.
