Nigeria keeps gas export hope alive

摘要

Nigeria says the long-delayed trans-Saharan pipeline that would supply gas to Europe is still a viable project.The country has raised$700mn for the scheme and initial engineering will be completed by the fourth quarter,Presi-dent Goodluck Jonathan says.An initial segment of the line to the border with Niger had been targeted for completion by 2018.Rebel attacks on pipelines have regularly disrupted gas supplies to Nige-ria’s domestic market and the 22mn t/yr Nigeria LNG plant(WPA,1 November, p6).