Algeria and two other African nations are set to hold new talks soon to advance plans for a 4,000 km gas pipeline that could deliver natural gas to Europe.
Mohamed Arkab said he would meet with the oil ministers of Nigeria and Niger to discuss the project, dubbed the Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP).
Speaking in Algiers after meeting Niger’s Oil Minister Sahabi Oumarou, Arkab described the project as “strategic” and said it would eventually materialise.
“We have agreed to hold a meeting of the oil ministers of the three countries to discuss further steps to pursue the project…we will meet soon, and the date and place of the meeting is to be agreed on with the Nigerian oil ministry,” Arkab said, quoted by Elkhabar newspaper.
The TSGP, long in the planning stages, will connect gas fields in Nigeria, Niger, and Algeria, where it will link to the existing pipeline network. Officials have highlighted it as an opportunity for Europe to diversify its gas supply sources.
