The Senegalese Gas Network (RGS) and the Senegalese Agency for the Promotion of Investments (APIX) have signed a memorandum of understanding with the objective free up the rights-of-way to start construction of 400 km gas pipeline network worth XOF650bn (US$1bn).
The gas pipeline network, which will have a transport capacity of 2.5 bcm/year, comprise 4 segments: (1) the XOF200bn (US$318m) northern segment which is 85 km long, linking the GTA hub to the Gandon power plant near Saint-Louis in northwestern Senegal; (2) the XOF145bn (US$230m) blue segment with a length of 99 km, connecting the Tobène power plant in Mboro (117 km north of Dakar) to Cap des Biches in the Dakar region; (3) the orange segment between Sendou and Malicounda in the south of Dakar which is worth XOF130bn (US$206m) and 45 km long; and (4) the XOF197bn (US$313m) green segment from Mbroro to Louga (near Saint-Louis), interconnecting north and south segments.
The RGS aims to link the gas fields (Yaakar Teranga, Sangora and GTA) to the consumption centres, including power plants, IPP and industrial sites to reduce their production costs. The country, which started producing gas from the GTA field in December 2024, does not consume gas as of 2023. Oil, which is entirely imported as of 2023, accounts for 40% of Senegal’s final energy mix (2023).