In line with federal government mandate to drive the execution of the 7000km Nigeria Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) project, the Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation , Mr Melee Kyari on Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the President of Economic Community of West African States Commission, Dr Omar Touray.
The visit was in preparation of the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the NNPC, Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines (ONHYM) of Morocco and the ECOWAS Commission scheduled to hold tomorrow 15 September, 2022 in Rabat, Morocco.
During the visit, NNPC and the ECOWAS Commission reaffirmed their commitment towards the project, which, when completed, is to provide gas to the West African countries through to the Kingdom of Morocco and subsequently to Europe.
NewsBeatng reports that NNPC and ONHYM would also sign two MoUs with Société Mauritanienne des Hydrocarbures (SMH) of Mauritania and Petrosen of Senegal, both of whom are expected to participate in the project.
Accroding to NNPC, once completed, the project will supply about 3bscfd of gas along the West African Coast from Nigeria, Benin, Togo, Ghana, Cote d’ Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania to Morocco.
Other benefits of the NMGP Project include improving the living standards of people, integration of the economies within the Sub-region & mitigating against desertification through sustainable & reliable gas supply.
