La gestion du projet de gazoduc Maroc-Nigéria confiée à une contreprise

[haddou]

Dans un communiqué conjoint, le Maroc et le Nigeria ont annoncé avoir confié la gestion du projet de gazoduc à une coentreprise composée d’ILF Consulting et DORIS Engineering.

Les autorités marocaines et nigérianes entendent faire de ce projet commun un véritable outil d’intégration africaine. C’est d’ailleurs compte tenu de son importance que les sociétés publiques des hydrocarbures du Nigéria et du Maroc (NNPC et ONHYM) ont attribué le contrat de conseil en gestion à ILF Consulting et DORIS Engineering.

Long de 6 000 km, pour un diamètre de 48 pouces en offshore et de 56 pouces en onshore, avec une capacité de transport de 30 milliards de mètres cubes par an, le gazoduc Nigeria-Maroc partira du sud du Nigeria, c’est-à-dire le bassin du delta du Niger, passera à travers 11 autres pays avant d’arriver au Maroc.

Une fois au Maroc, il sera connecté à des infrastructures existantes pour approvisionner l’Europe. Le gazoduc Nigéria-Maroc, une fois achevé, sera le deuxième plus long gazoduc du monde.

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[Ismail]

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Unlocking Africa’s gas riches: Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline


Africa has been hailed as the next frontier in the provision of global oil and natural gas resources, especially now in the wake of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war. Consequently, Africa’s gas resources have gained a newly found prominence, pertinently by the European Union (EU); owing to the continent’s rich endowment of oil and deep gas reserves.

The mounting global demand for gas, has been pushing international energy companies to reconsider African projects. The numerous ongoing and upcoming oil and gas projects in Africa, serve as a distinct bellwether, that the market could not be riper. The continent finally has a chance to play a central role in the global energy market; however, the caveat remains, can Africa rise up to the challenge and seal the deficit? The Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline, is projected to be a game changer in catalyzing the economic and social development of the continent; whose vision is driven by the need for regional stability, security and sustainable development. It will prove especially significant, not only in bolstering the regions’ GDP, but also in inter-Africa development and integration, as it is projected to address regional energy security hurdles.
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Africa has been hailed as the next frontier in the provision of global oil and natural gas resources, especially now in the wake of the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war.

This crisis has not only altered the global energy landscape, but also instigated an inflation in gas prices, given the former’s position in the hierarchy of major global producers. As sanctions continue to soar, Europe has embarked on a quest to find contingency energy supplies, as it seeks to minimize its dependency on Russia; which has already cut off gas supplies to countries like Finland, Poland and Bulgaria, over energy payment disputes.

Consequently, Africa’s gas resources have gained a newly found prominence, pertinently by the European Union (EU); owing to the continent’s rich endowment of oil and deep gas reserves. The mounting global demand for gas, has been pushing international energy companies to reconsider African projects. The numerous ongoing and upcoming oil and gas projects in Africa, serve as a distinct bellwether, that the market could not be riper. The continent finally has a chance to play a central role in the global energy market; however, the caveat remains, can Africa rise up to the challenge and seal the deficit?

In light of this, just recently, the Royal Cabinet of Morocco announced that King Mohammed VI together with Muhammadu Buhari, the President of the Republic of Nigeria have finally affirmed and renewed their commitment; towards the proposed construction of the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP), touted as vital for the economic integration of both the West and North Africa. The Federal Executive Council (FEC), recently approved for the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPCL), to enter into an agreement by signing an MOU on the gas project with the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS); for the construction of the pipeline, as revealed by Nigeria’s Petroleum Minister Timipre Sylva, who noted that the project is still in the planning and engineering design stages.
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Formulated in 2016, with the signing of an agreement between the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Moroccan Office National des Hydrocarbures et des Mines- National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM); the project is a regional onshore and offshore gas pipeline, which is projected to transport natural gas resources along the Atlantic Coast, traversing the maritime areas of 15 West and North African countries, before crossing over to Europe. It’s an extension of the already existing West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP), which has been pumping gas from Nigeria to Ghana, Benin and Togo since 2010.

The vision underlying the pipeline is the first of its kind on the continent, well aligned to the African Union’s Agenda, including the free trade area (AfCFTA), the African green wall, as well as infrastructure development programmes.

This massive historic initiative that is bound to revolutionize energy access in the two regions, is aligned to President Buhari’s “Decade of Gas Master Plan”, which was unveiled in 2020 with the chief objective of increasing Nigeria’s gas output and exports. In tandem, it’s in accordance to King Mohammed VI’s commitment towards South-South cooperation, with a key goal of creating a competitive regional power market, whose superfluous benefits will be felt in the economies of both regions.

The 5,660-kilometer-long pipeline will ferry Nigerian gas to every West African coastline, ending at Tangiers in Morocco and Cadiz in Spain; travelling through Cotonou- Benin; Lomé- Togo; Tema and Takoradi-Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania and finally to Europe via Spain.

Earlier on, the cost of the project had been estimated at US$25billion but the figure is yet to be revised, owing to the passage of time and delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, among other challenges. The Pipeline is projected to be finished in phases over the course of 25 years, therefore its completion date is expected to be in 2046, with perspective to the 25-year estimate given in 2017. The Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) pledged to fund 50 percent of the project’s Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) Study; this generally refers to the basic engineering that proceeds the conceptual design or feasibility study

In Nigeria, the IsDB will contribute US$29.7million for the gas pipeline and aid in making the Final Investment Decision (FID), for the infrastructure project by 2023.In the same breath, for Morocco, the Islamic financier will contribute US$15.5 million to the project’s financing, through the “Service Ijara” operation. To boot, in September 2021, the OPEC Fund for International Development approved a US$14.3 million loan to Morocco, to fund the second phase of the NMGP project’s FEED study.
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Into the bargain, the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) is seeking to mobilize about US$2 billion of resources, to fund critical areas of infrastructural collaboration within Africa. APPO comprises of 18-member oil-producing countries, accounting for nearly 95 per cent of Africa’s oil production, and at least 13 per cent of world production.

In August 2017, NNPC and ONHYM began conducting a feasibility study for the project. The study is said to have been completed in January 2019, and in the same month the two countries contracted Penspen Engineering Company, to conduct the first phase of FEED. By March 2021, Feed and design had entered its second phase. Currently, it has been concluded and pre-FID Greenfield optimization study is underway. In reference to the same, Worley Parsons Limited, an Australian engineering company, has secured a FEED Phase II services contract, for the proposed NMGP.

However, Intecsea based in The Hague, is in charge of the overall FEED services, which includes development of the project implementation framework, and supervision of the engineering survey. The onshore FEED scope, coupled with the environmental and social impact assessment and land acquisition studies, was tasked to Worley’s London office. By the same token, the group’s UK and Madrid offices, will assess the potential for use of renewable energy to power the pipeline, and reduce its carbon footprint; whilst its consulting business Advisian, will investigate electrification and the feasibility of the energy self-sufficiency in the region.

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ILF and DORIS support strategic gas pipeline from Nigeria to Morocco

The consortium consisting of NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation), Nigeria and ONHYM (Office National Des Hydrocarbures et Des Mines), Morocco, is progressing with the plans for its mega-project Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP).

The NMGP, an onshore and offshore gas pipeline crossing the land and/or waters of 16 countries along the Atlantic coast, shall bring Nigerian gas to North Africa and extend to Spain for the European market. The pipeline will also provide a new avenue for the countries along the route to export/import gas to/from their neighbouring countries and Europe.

ILF Consulting Engineers (ILF) with its office in Munich, Germany, together with its Joint Venture Partner DORIS Engineering (DORIS) located in Paris, France, is delighted to have been commissioned to carry out the Project Management Consultancy (PMC) services for the FEED Phase II of this project. ILF and DORIS can make use of their combined expertise in the respective fields of competence and provide a fundamental support to ONHYM and NNPC in the delivery of this strategically important project.

The PMC services provided by ILF and DORIS cover the Onshore and Offshore Pipeline and Compressor Station Engineering, the Engineering Surveys, the Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA) and Land Acquisition (LAS) Studies and the Project Implementation Framework. The project explores the potential to use renewable energy resources to power the pipeline and reduce the project’s carbon footprint.

“With ILF having already been part of the Feasibility Phase and FEED Phase I of this world-scale project, the award of Phase II to us is an evidence of trust by our long term Clients ONHYM and NNPC in our Project Management Excellence and Reliability in delivering world class projects.” said Carles Giro, Area Manager Industrial Plants of ILF.

“DORIS has always demonstrated a great value in complex projects both in terms of safety and cost optimisation. While ONHYM and NNPC are moving one step further in their ambition of bringing alive this mega project, DORIS is delighted to leverage its decades of expertise in offshore developments to support the project in achieving its main objectives: responding to the highest environmental & safety requirements while ensuring the best technico-economic solutions are selected” said Francis Carmigniani, DORIS Engineering Managing Director.

When completed, the over 6000 km long gas pipeline will be the longest offshore pipeline in the world and the second longest pipeline at all. It has a planned diameter of 48 in. offshore and 56 in. onshore, with a planned throughput of 30BCMa.

With involving sixteen countries, the pipeline will not only supply the local markets with a sustainable and reliable energy source, it shall also support industrial and economical development, create a competitive regional power market and benefit all West African people, countries, and their economies.

Nigeria, an OPEC member, has the largest gas reserves in Africa and the seventh-largest in the world.

The project falls in line with the ‘Decade of Gas Master Plan’ that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari launched in 2020. On the Moroccan side, this landmark project is part of the South-South cooperation upheld by King Mohammed VI.

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Long de 6 000 km, pour un diamètre de 48 pouces en offshore et de 56 pouces en onshore, avec une capacité de transport de 30 milliards de mètres cubes par an, le gazoduc Nigeria-Maroc partira du sud du Nigeria, c’est-à-dire le bassin du delta du Niger, passera à travers 11 autres pays avant d’arriver au Maroc.

La date d'inauguration du gazoduc a été fixée en 2023 à l'occasion de la journée de la révolution du roi et du peuple

[galaxy]

Toujours aucune réunion ou concertation des pays concernés par le projet seul le maroc s'agite tout seul médiatiquement

[oumbar]

Exacte le maroc agit à la place de l'onu et charge 2 entreprise internationale pour des missions dans le territoire de 11 pays et aucun ne s'y oppose.

Yaw. Ça t'arrive de reflechir

[Kech]

Toujours aucune réunion ou concertation des pays concernés par le projet seul le maroc s'agite tout seul médiatiquement

Tu as oublié la réunion des pays de la façade ouest, celle des fonds souverains, l'appel du Pdt Bouhari etc etc, et si tu relis l'article cité plus haut, tu noteras que les pré études livrées en 2018 et 2019.
Opep et banque islamique, auquel vous versé votre quote part, ont financé ces études

[Ismail]

Ils savent même pas s'ils doivent le faire passer par terre ou par mer!
Ils doivent peut être prévoir l'option par air! Mdrrrr.

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