Monday, July 9, 2007

EU says has market for Trans Saharan pipeline gas

(Reuters) - The European Union assured Algeria, Nigeria and Niger on Monday that it had a market for gas from a proposed Trans-Saharan pipeline, while leaders from those countries sought investors to make the project a reality.

The 4,000 km (2,500 miles) Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, planned as a joint venture between Algeria's Sonatrach and the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, is designed to allow Nigeria to export its huge natural gas reserves more easily to European markets.


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