The world is globally suffering from an energy crisis exacerbated by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Europe has been suffering for months from problems related to energy supplies from Russia, which is under European sanctions for its military intervention in Ukraine.
The last two memorandums of understanding and cooperation between the different countries involved in the gas project were signed in the Mauritanian city of Nouakchott. On the one hand, the signing took place between Nigeria, Mauritania and Morocco, and on the other hand, between Nigeria, Senegal and Morocco. The pipeline will run along the West African coast, connecting Nigeria with the Maghreb region.
La mención a este proyecto de gasoducto, que supuestamente unirá Nigeria con Marruecos y España, y que pretende transportar gas a lo largo de la costa atlántica, ya se anunció en 2016 cuando se firmó un acuerdo entre el rey del Reino de Marruecos, Mohamed VI, y Muhammadu Buhari, el presidente nigeriano. El gasoducto iba a ser una extensión del Gasoducto de África Occidental, un gasoducto que transporta el gas desde el sur de Nigeria hasta Benín, Ghana y Togo, que está en funcionamiento desde principios de la década de 2010.