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These include a contract to update the project’s feasibility study, a compensation contract, and a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) between the energy companies of the three countries.

The signing took place following the 4^th ministerial meeting of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project (TSGP) steering committee, held at Abdelatif-Rahal International Conference Centre (CIC, Algiers).

The contract to update the feasibility study was signed by the Minister of State, Minister of Energy, Mines and Renewable Energy, Mohamed Arkab, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Ekperikpe Ekpo, and the Minister of Petroleum of the Republic of Niger, Sahabi Oumarou, in the presence of Niger’s Minister for Water, Sanitation and the Environment, Maizama Abdoulaye.

The compensation contract and non-disclosure agreement (NDA) were signed by Sonatrach’s CEO, Rachid Hachichi, and his counterparts from Niger and Nigeria.

The TSGP is a strategic initiative aimed at building a continental gas pipeline to transport natural gas from Nigeria, via Niger, to Algeria, for export to European markets and other international destinations.

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