Introduction
The The pipeline will be approximately 5,660-km long and its construction works will be in phases covering 25 years.
In December 2016, an announcement was made of a nearly 5000 km Nigeria-Morocco offshore gas pipeline which at today’s prices will cost an estimated 20 billion US dollars. In reality, the actual costs will likely be much higher. This pipeline would be a continuation of the existing 678 km long West African Gas pipeline (WAGP) that has been in service since 2010. It aims to serve 12 countries on the African continent and some 300 million potential consumers, with a possible extension to the Europe.
Nigerian and Moroccan sovereign wealth funds will jointly develop the pipeline along the West African coast from Nigeria to Morocco on a route yet to be decided. Coastal countries include Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania.The Pipeline will improve access to energy across West Africa,helping address one of the region’s most significant barriers to development and will strengthen energy exports to Europe, linking Nigerian gas to the European energy market through Morocco.

Owner

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation(NNPC)(Nigeria)
National Office for Hydrocarbons and Mining(ONHYM)(Morocco)

Level of Investment (in USD)

20,000,000,000

International and Financial Institutions

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Project History

In December 2016, King Mohammed VI of Morocco officially announced the construction of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline to boost energy production across West Africa and create industrial hubs to attract foreign investment.And  launched feasibility studies.
In June 2018,Morocco and Nigeria  signed a joint declaration in Rabat laying out the next steps for the completion of a gas pipeline deal that will be built onshore and offshore.As a next step, Morocco and Nigeria will launch a front-end engineering design (Feed) to involve countries that will be crossed by the pipeline in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and to determine the amount of gas available for export to European off-takers.
In January 2019,Penspen (United Kingdom) has received a contract to execute the first phase of the front-end engineering and design (FEED) of the project.The FEED Phase I will involve a detailed review of the feasibility study results completed by Penspen last July and an evaluation of the gas demand and supply study.Thereafter, further design of the pipeline system and the execution of an environmental and social impact assessment (ESIA) will be undertaken in order to optimise the proposed pipeline route and project economics.