The international reference media, Pipeline Journal, sheds light on the geopolitical impact of the trans-Saharan gas pipeline (TSGP).
« Pipeline Journal » underlines the geopolitical dimension and the importance of the Trans-Saharan gas pipeline (TSGP) in terms of African integration, following the launch last week in Adrar by Sonatrach of the work of the Algerian section of this key energy project linking Nigeria to Europe via Niger and Algeria.
The TSGP, a major geopolitical project
In an article devoted to the project, this media specializing in energy infrastructure and based in Germany, noted that with the launch by the national hydrocarbon company Sonatrach of the construction of the Algerian section of the trans-Saharan gas pipeline, this major infrastructure project in full is actually executed.
Beyond its purely energy aspect, the infrastructure intervenes in a context marked by efforts to diversify European energy supplies, which makes this gas pipeline “A major geopolitical project”, notes the same source. The media also highlights the African dimension of the project. Citing Sonatrach, he indicates that
The gas pipeline is an “essential mechanism for regional economic integration and the development of African energy resources”.
An energy giant of 30 billion m³ per year
Cet “important corridor” export network across the African continent will be connected to existing Mediterranean infrastructure allowing gas to be transported to European markets. « Pipeline Journal » specifies that the new Algerian section will follow the
corridor of the trans-Saharan road, from the Algerian-Nigerian border to the Hassi R’Mel gas complex, the main national natural gas distribution center.
The media notes that Hassi R’Mel constitutes the main gas node of the country and that it is connected to a vast national transport network as well as to export and gas pipeline infrastructures already established. Once finalized, this mega-project will extend over nearly 4,128 km. According to estimates relayed by the specialist media, the trans-Saharan gas pipeline will have an annual transport capacity of 20 to 30 billion cubic meters of natural gas.
