NOT SO LONG ago, experts dismissed the idea of a gas pipeline linking Nigeria with Morocco as far-fetched - and yet work continues to realise this "impossible dream" with early engineering works now underway. The project originates from a smattering of bilateral agreements in 2016, when the sovereign wealth funds of each country floated the so-called Trans-African Pipeline idea. With more than 5 trillion cubic metres (tcm) of reserves locked away, Nigeria has the gas to support it, with probably more waiting to be unearthed.
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