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The Nigeria government has commenced discussion with Libya, for a gas pipeline construction project between both countries.<\/p>\n
This was hinted by the Minister of Petroleum (gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, while meeting with the Libya\u2019s Minister of Oil, Dr. Khalifa AbduAlsadik, on the sidelines of the Gastech Exhibition and Conference 2024 holding in Houston, USA.<\/p>\n
Ekpo said the potential gas pipeline would begin from Nigeria to Libya.<\/p>\n
The Minister also noted that the meeting aims to strengthen energy cooperation between the two nations as disclosed in a statement on his official X handle<\/p>\n
\u201cMinister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas),Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, meets with Libya\u2019s Minister of Oil, Dr. Khalifa AbduAlsadik, on the sidelines of the Gastech Exhibition and Conference 2024 holding in Houston, USA, to discuss the possibility of developing a regional gas pipeline from Nigeria to Libya.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThis strategic meeting aims to strengthen energy cooperation between the two nations.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cOn the Nigerian delegation were\u00a0 Mr. Olalekan Ogunleye, EVP Gas NNPC Ltd, Mr. Maher Giundi, International Business Advisor to the GCEO of NNPCL and Mr. Odiong Ekanem, Technical Adviser\u00a0 to Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas); while the Libyan team had Dr. Basteet Al Ashab, Mr. Khalid Jatbi and\u00a0 Mr. Yousef Al Shatwi.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>The statement noted.<\/em><\/p>\n The discussion surrounding the construction of a regional pipeline between Nigeria and Libya has been ongoing for some time, as both nations are key oil and gas producers in Africa.<\/p>\n In 2022, the then Libya\u2019s Oil Minister, Mohamed Aoun,\u00a0proposed\u00a0that the ongoing $13 billion Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) from Nigeria should pass through Libya instead of Algeria, another resource-rich African country.<\/p>\n The cross-border pipeline is expected to transport gas from Nigeria to other African nations and the European market upon completion.<\/p>\n The pipeline spans 5,600 km and will traverse 13 African countries: Nigeria, Benin Republic, Togo, Ghana, Cote D\u2019Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Mauritania, and Morocco.<\/p>\n Nigeria\u2019s transition from oil to gas in the oil and gas sector has been ongoing for decades, driven by the country\u2019s vast gas reserves compared to its crude oil reserves<\/p>\n According to the latest data from the Nigerian Upstream Regulatory Commission (NURPC), Nigeria\u2019s crude oil reserves stand at 37 billion barrels, while the country boasts\u00a0a gas reserve of approximately 202 trillion cubic feet (tcf), with about 139.4 tcf being recoverable.<\/p>\n This shift towards gas was further reinforced by President Tinubu through the signing of new executive orders aimed at boosting the gas industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Nigeria government has commenced discussion with Libya, for a gas pipeline construction project between both countries. This was hinted by the Minister of Petroleum (gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, while meeting with the Libya\u2019s Minister of Oil, Dr. Khalifa AbduAlsadik, on the sidelines of the Gastech Exhibition and Conference 2024 holding in Houston, USA. Ekpo […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":49327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49326"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49345,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49326\/revisions\/49345"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}