The state-owned company Reseau Gazier du Sénégal (RGS) will be in charge of leading the implementation of the future national gas pipeline network. This was announced by Birame Soulèye Diop, Minister of Energy, Petroleum and Mines, during the MSGBC Oil, Gas & Power 2025 conference in Dakar. Diop stressed that the project is an essential part of the country’s integrated strategy to harness gas as a driver of multi-sectoral development.
The gas vision and the local gas pipeline network
According to the minister, the roadmap contemplates the use of gas beyond exports, including applications in power generation, industry, transportation, agriculture and access to clean cookstoves. “We will lay the first stone before the end of 2025. This system will be key to ensuring national energy security,” Diop said.
During the ministerial panel, representatives from The Gambia, Mauritania, Guinea-Conakry and Guinea-Bissau agreed on the need to strengthen regional energy integration. Lamin Camara of The Gambia stressed that his country is negotiating agreements to connect its infrastructure to the Senegalese grid. For his part, Mohamed Ould Khaled of Mauritania highlighted the Grand Tortue Ahmeyim project as a model of cross-border cooperation that already provides gas to several partners in West Africa.
Bachir Camara, Deputy Minister of Guinea-Conakry, reported on progress in cooperation with companies such as Petrosen (Senegal) and Petroci (Ivory Coast) to improve joint exploration. This articulation between state operators seeks to enhance the governance of the sector and consolidate a regional hydrocarbon infrastructure.
The development of this pipeline network marks a key point in the transformation of the Senegalese energy system. The commitment to domestic gas as a transitional energy source is in line with the country’s objectives to reduce dependence on imported fuels and improve access to modern energy services.
The event held in Dakar highlighted the growing importance of the MSGBC Basin (Mauritania, Senegal, Gambia, Guinea-Bissau and Guinea-Conakry) as a strategic region in the African energy matrix. The announcements and commitments made reaffirm the shared will to turn gas into a common axis of integration and sustainable economic development.
Source and photo: World Pipelines