Algeria, Niger, Nigeria pledge acceleration of work on Trans-Saharan gas link

The energy ministers of Algeria, Niger and Nigeria pledged June 20 to accelerate work on the development of a Trans-Saharan gas pipeline designed to carry 30 Bcm/year of gas to the European market. On the drawing board for decades, the three countries decided in February to revive the stalled $13 billion project with the so-called Declaration of Niamey. With a…