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Nigeria: OPEC, Russia, Others Ready to Invest in Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline Project - Sylva

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[This Day] The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva yesterday disclosed that the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia are some of the international bodies ready to buy into the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline project.

Source: allAfrica.com

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