据道琼斯伊巴丹1月29日消息，尼日利亚一名高级石油官员表示，尼日利亚-摩洛哥天然气管道的可行性研究已经完成。

尼日利亚国家石油公司（NNPC）负责人Maikanti Baru周一表示，前端工程设计优化研究仍在继续。

该管道协议始于2016年，当时尼日利亚宣布与摩洛哥政府建立伙伴关系，建设一条连接尼日利亚、摩洛哥和其他非洲国家至欧洲的天然气管道。该协议是在摩洛哥国王穆罕默德六世于同年12月访问尼日利亚期间达成的。

这条管道全长5660公里，尼日利亚将向西非国家以及摩洛哥和欧洲提供天然气。

NNPC表示，这条管道将有助于这些国家的电气化和工业化，也将满足欧洲的取暖需求。

预计该管道的建成还将减少非洲最大的原油出口国尼日利亚的天然气放空燃烧。

周一，在阿布贾举行的第二届尼日利亚国际石油峰会开幕式上，Baru发表讲话称，这条管道将穿越至少15个西非国家，每个国家都有进口点，然后连接到摩洛哥北部现有的马格里布-欧洲天然气管道。

Baru表示，非洲国家必须在油气基础设施方面进行合作，以保持在全球舞台上的竞争力。

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Nigeria Says Morocco Gas Pipeline Feasibility Study Concluded

The feasibility study of the Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline has been concluded, a senior Nigerian oil official has said. 

Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation head Maikanti Baru said Monday that the pre-front end engineering design optimization study is continuing. 

The pipeline agreement started in 2016 when Nigeria announced a partnership with the Moroccan government to construct a gas pipeline that will connect Nigeria, Morocco and other African countries to Europe. The agreement was reached during the visit of Moroccan King Mohammed VI to Nigeria in December of that year. 

Set to run for 5,660 kilometers, the pipeline will see Nigeria provide gas to countries in West Africa as well as Morocco and Europe. 

The pipeline will help in the electrification and industrialization of these countries, and will also meet European heating needs, the NNPC said. 

t is also expected to reduce gas flaring in Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude-oil exporter. 

Speaking at the opening ceremony of the second Nigerian International Petroleum Summit in Abuja on Monday, Mr. Baru said the pipeline will traverse at least 15 West African countries, with intake points in the each one, before connecting with the existing Maghreb-Europe gas pipeline in northern Morocco. 

He said African countries must collaborate in oil-and-gas infrastructure to remain competitive on the global stage.