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West African Gas Pipeline, the Glossary

The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is a natural gas pipeline to supply gas from Nigeria's Escravos region of the Niger Delta area to Benin, Togo and Ghana.^[1]

Benin

Benin (Bénin, Benɛ, Benen), officially the Republic of Benin (République du Bénin), and also known as Dahomey, is a country in West Africa.

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Côte d'Ivoire

Côte d'Ivoire, also known as Ivory Coast and officially known as the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa.

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Chevron Corporation

Chevron Corporation is an American multinational energy corporation predominantly specializing in oil and gas.

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Cotonou

Cotonou (Kútɔ̀nú) is the largest city in Benin.

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ECOWAS

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa.

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Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System

The Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) is a natural gas pipeline built in 1989 to supply gas from Escravos region of Niger Delta area to Egbin power station near Lagos in Nigeria. West African Gas Pipeline and Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System are natural gas pipelines in Nigeria.

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Friends of the Earth

Friends of the Earth International (FoEI) is an international network of grassroots environmental organizations in 73 countries.

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Ghana

Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa.

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Lagos

Lagos (also US), or Lagos City, is a large metropolitan city in southwestern Nigeria.

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Lomé

Lomé is the capital and largest city of Togo. It has an urban population of 837,437 while there were 2,188,376 permanent residents in its metropolitan area as of the 2022 census. Located on the Gulf of Guinea at the southwest corner of the country, with its entire western border along the easternmost edge of Ghana's Volta Region, Lomé is the country's administrative and industrial center, which includes an oil refinery.

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Media Trust is a privately held Nigerian newspaper publishing company based in Abuja that publishes the English-language Daily Trust, Weekly Trust, Sunday Trust and the Hausa-language Aminiya newspapers, as well as a new pan-African magazine, Kilimanjaro.

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Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is an international financial institution which offers political risk insurance and credit enhancement guarantees.

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Niger Delta

The Niger Delta is the delta of the Niger River sitting directly on the Gulf of Guinea on the Atlantic Ocean in Nigeria.

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Nigeria

Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa.

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NNPC Limited

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state oil company in Nigeria.

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Penspen

Penspen has been providing engineering, project management, asset management, and integrity services to the energy industry worldwide for over 70 years.

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Sekondi-Takoradi

Sekondi-Takoradi is a city in Ghana comprising the twin cities of Sekondi and Takoradi.

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Senegal

Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is the westernmost country in West Africa, situated on the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Senegal is bordered by Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea to the southeast and Guinea-Bissau to the southwest. Senegal nearly surrounds The Gambia, a country occupying a narrow sliver of land along the banks of the Gambia River, which separates Senegal's southern region of Casamance from the rest of the country.

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The Volta River Authority (VRA) is the main generator and supplier of electricity in Ghana.

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World Bank

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans and grants to the governments of low- and middle-income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital projects.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_African_Gas_Pipeline

Also known as West Africa Gas Pipeline, West African Gas Pipe Line.

West African Gas Pipeline, the Glossary

Table of Contents

Benin

Côte d'Ivoire

Chevron Corporation

Cotonou

ECOWAS

Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System

Friends of the Earth

Ghana

Lagos

Lomé

Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

Niger Delta

Nigeria

NNPC Limited

Penspen

Sekondi-Takoradi

Senegal

Shell plc

Takoradi Thermal Power Station

Tema

The Ghanaian Chronicle

This Day

Togo

Upstream (newspaper)

World Bank

See also

Benin–Nigeria relations

Benin–Togo relations

Energy infrastructure completed in 2006

Ghana–Nigeria relations

Ghana–Togo relations

Natural gas pipelines in Benin

Natural gas pipelines in Ghana

Natural gas pipelines in Nigeria

Natural gas pipelines in Togo

References