The installation of the first pipeline of the North Segment of the Senegal Gas Network (RGS) was officially launched on 10 September 2026 in Gandon, in the Saint-Louis region. This 85 km long infrastructure includes 45 km of offshore pipeline from Léona, in the region of Louga, and 40 km of terrestrial network to Gandon. It is dimensioned to carry up to 300 million cubic feet of gas per day.

In particular, the North Segment must transport the gas produced by the Grand Turtle Ahmeyim (GTA) project to the Gandon power station.

The route thus combines a first section at sea and a second ashore to ensure the continuity of the transport of the resource to the electricity production site. The project is carried out after the study, financing and technical preparation phases of the project.

This infrastructure is one of the first links in the future national gas transmission network. Senegal's gas network must progressively link gas resources to power plants and the country's main industrial hubs.

The development of these connections accompanies in particular the Gas-to-Power strategy, which provides for increased use of gas in electricity generation, as well as the subsequent development of industrial uses of the resource.

The RGS Director General, Pope Momar Lô, also indicated that the following phases of the network, including the Green, Blue and Orange Segments, were engaged.

The construction of these various sections should enable the transport network to be gradually extended and more gas production and consumption sites to be connected in Senegal.