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Reuters
Reuters
Business
By Amindeh Blaise Atabong

Central African nations eye pipelines and hubs to end energy poverty

FILE PHOTO: Equatorial Guinea's oil minister, Gabriel Obiang Lima, poses for a photograph on the sidelines of an oil and power conference in Cape Town, South Africa, October 10, 2019. REUTERS/Helen Reid/File Photo

Central African countries signed a deal on Thursday to create a regional oil and gas pipeline network and hub infrastructures which backers say will strengthen energy supply and reduce dependence on imports of refined products.

The project aims to construct three multinational oil and gas pipeline systems of around 6,500 km, storage depots, liquefied natural gas terminals, at least three refineries and gas-fired power plants linking 11 countries by 2030, according to project documents seen by Reuters.

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