The NigAl Project.PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. and MedGaz will allow for other African gas exporters to reach EU markets through Algeria. This is being discussed by Sonatrach and Nigeria's state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC NNPC Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC Nigerian National Petroleum Company ), which will be supplying gas by pipeline to Niger and Mali, called NigAl, after an initiative to that effect was made in 2000 by Algerian Energy and Mines Minister Chakib Khelil Chakib Khelil (arabic:شكيب خليل) is Algeria's Minister for Energy and Mines. He was born in Oujda (northern Morocco) on August 8, 1939, received a doctorate in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1968. . In May 2005 NNPC and Sonatrach awarded London-based Penspen a contract to do the 9-month feasibility studies for the 20-30 BCM/y NigAl project. The pipeline is proposed under the New Partnership for Africa's Development New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) is an economic development program of the African Union. The NEPAD was adopted at the 37th session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in July 2001 in Lusaka, Zambia. (Nepad) initiative to link gas resources in Nigeria and Algeria - via Niger - and transport them to consumers in the EU. Penspen has worked on this with Edinburgh-based IPA IPA - International Phonetic Alphabet Energy Consulting. In October 2006 it was reported that Penspen's studies had found the 4,128-km pipeline project to be technically and economically viable and could be profitable. It estimated the pipeline's cost at $10 bn and put the E&P investments required to develop the gas at $3 bn - a total of $13 bn. |
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