Fifteen West African nations just put their names behind a $25 billion gas pipeline stretching from Nigeria to Morocco. The project, formally endorsed at an ECOWAS summit in Freetown, Sierra Leone on July 20, represents one of the largest cross-border energy infrastructure bets Africa has ever made.
The African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, or AAGP, is designed to move up to 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas per year across an estimated 5,660 to 7,000 kilometers of pipeline.
What the deal actually involves
The pipeline is a joint venture between Nigeria’s NNPC Limited and Morocco’s ONHYM, the two national energy entities tasked with making this thing real. The agreement calls for the establishment of a dedicated project company.
First gas flows are targeted for 2029. Full development is expected to span more than 20 years.
