The United States has expressed interest in backing the ambitious Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, a major project set to boost energy security across West Africa and Europe.

Speaking after bilateral talks held during the 2025 IMF and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington, D.C., Nigeria’s Minister of Finance and Economy, Wale Edun, confirmed American interest.

“The U.S. has shown interest in investing in Nigeria’s natural gas sector, particularly the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline, given the country’s vast gas reserves,” Edun said, according to local media reports.

He emphasized that the talks also covered broader economic reforms underway in Nigeria, which he described as “key to boosting investor confidence.”

Unlike previous stalled projects such as the Nigeria-Niger-Algeria pipeline, the Nigeria-Morocco pipeline has strong backing from Nigeria’s federal government.

Edun noted that ongoing instability in the Sahel and diplomatic tensions had severely hampered the earlier initiative.

Highlighting progress, Amina Benkhadra, Director General of Morocco’s National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines (ONHYM), provided an update at a U.S. think tank event, which ran alongside the recent “Powering Africa Summit.”

Launched in 2016 during King Mohammed VI’s visit to Nigeria, the pipeline is designed to connect Nigeria, Morocco, and 11 other West African countries, with the goal of enhancing energy access in the region and supplying gas to Europe. If completed, it would become the world’s longest offshore gas pipeline.