KEY POINTS
- Senegal’s RGS is building a 400km, five-segment gas pipeline network worth $1.15 billion.
- The pipeline will connect offshore gas fields to power plants and key industrial demand centers.
- Completion is expected to save Senegal $277 million annually by eliminating natural gas imports.
Senegal has gas. Now it needs the pipes to move it.
Réseau Gazier du Sénégal, the state-owned company mandated to build and operate Senegal’s national gas transportation network, is advancing plans for a 400-kilometer pipeline system that officials say will reshape the country’s energy economy. The project is valued at 650 billion CFA francs, roughly $1.15 billion.
Pape Momar Lo, chief executive officer of RGS, will take that pitch to Houston this month as a speaker at the 2026 OTC World Series Africa Energy Forum, themed “Africa’s Energy Potential: Expanding Oil and Gas Exploration and Investment.”
Five segments, one national network
The pipeline is structured into five strategic corridors. The northern segment runs 85 kilometers and will link the Greater Tortue Ahmeyim offshore gas hub to the Gandon power plant, with a transport capacity of 300 million standard cubic feet per day at an estimated cost of 275 million euros. The green segment covers 110 kilometers at 183 million euros. The blue segment spans 100 kilometers with a higher capacity of 713 million standard cubic feet per day, priced at 214 million euros. The orange and red segments cover 45 and 17 kilometers respectively, handling smaller volumes at costs of 153 million euros and 150 million euros.
The first segment is currently in the market allocation phase. The remaining four are expected to launch within the year.
Regional ambitions and a $277 million prize
Beyond Senegal’s borders, the pipeline connects to a larger picture. The network is designed to link into the African Atlantic Gas Pipeline, a 5,700-kilometer intercontinental corridor connecting African gas fields to international markets. That integration would allow Senegal to export surplus gas while reducing regional supply concentration risk.
Domestically, the stakes are equally significant. Senegal’s sovereign wealth fund FONSIS doubled its capital to $280 million in early 2026 to help mobilize private financing for the project. The government has set a target of eliminating natural gas imports by late 2026, a shift projected to save $277 million annually.
RGS is pursuing a hybrid financing model that blends public participation with private capital, targeting off-takers including national utilities and industrial consumers to anchor revenue predictability for investors.
