Niger coup, financing woes rock Nigeria’s plan to supply gas to Europe
The Niger coup and funding challenges on a key domestic pipeline threaten to dash one of Nigeria’s most ambitious infrastructure projects and the West African country’s ticket to the European gas market, the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline. The $13 billion, 4,128 km pipeline stretching from Warri in southern Nigeria through Niger to Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel gas hub, on the cards since…The Niger coup and funding challenges on a key domestic pipeline threaten to dash one of Nigeria’s most ambitious infrastructure projects and the West African country’s ticket to the European gas market, the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline. The $13 billion, 4,128 km pipeline stretching from Warri in southern Nigeria through Niger to Algeria’s Hassi R’Mel gas hub, on the cards since… Read More
