The United Arab Emirates has agreed to contribute to a huge gas pipeline project that will connect Nigeria to Morocco and eventually reach Europe.
Morocco’s Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Leila Benali, told lawmakers on Tuesday that the UAE is now one of the supporters of the project, which is estimated to cost $25 billion.
“As for finance. The project has won the support of IDB, OPEC Fund, EIB and the UAE,” she said.
Benali also said that Morocco has finished all feasibility and engineering studies needed for the pipeline.
According to Moroccan industry experts, the project has already passed the feasibility study and Front End Engineering Design stages.
The gas pipeline, now called the “African-Atlantic Gas Pipeline”, will connect Nigeria’s gas network with Morocco’s southern city of Dakhla and then go northward toward Europe.
The line will pass through 15 African countries, boosting trade, development, and access to electricity in the region.
In Phase One, it will link Morocco to gas fields near Senegal and Mauritania, and connect Ghana to the Ivory Coast.
