Both nations held discussions about the deal on the sidelines of a meeting between the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, and the Moroccan Minister of Energy Transition and Sustainable Development, Ms Leila Benali.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited disclosed this in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday.
It said the meeting was anchored by the Executive Vice President, of Gas, Power and New Energy, NNPCL, Olalekan Ogunleye, and the Director-General, of Morocco National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines, Amina Benkhadra.
On Thursday, the NNPCL stated that discussions on the Final Investment Decision for the project continued, as the talks focused on how to drive the partnership between Nigeria and Morocco to accelerate the project.