Plethora of pipeline proposals pushing african prospects

Africa is expanding its oil and gas pipeline network as countries in the region move to entrench distribution of the commodities in the domestic market and transport more to regional and international markets. Algeria, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique and Ghana are at various stages of oil and gas pipeline construction projects to monetize their oil and gas finds despite predictions that the massive production of shale in the US and falling global crude prices could impact on the performance of these pipeline projects. Algeria has partnered with Italy in the construction of the 560-mile Trans Saharan Gas Pipeline project to transport an estimated 8 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually to Italy.