Great Man-Made River Fifth Phase (Kufra–Butnan–Jabal Akhdar)
Fossil-aquifer conveyance, Over 2.5 million m3/day through about 1,500 km of new pipelines, from 320 wells south of Kufra and 100 east of Sarir (as reported) in Libya.
The record
- Country
- Libya
- Location
- Kufra and Sarir to Tobruk, Derna, Jabal Akhdar, Al Marj and Ajdabiya
- Coordinates
- 29.000, 20.000
- Technology
- Fossil-aquifer conveyance
- Capacity
- Over 2.5 million m3/day through about 1,500 km of new pipelines, from 320 wells south of Kufra and 100 east of Sarir (as reported)
- Capital cost
- US$7 bn as reported by AGBI (opinion article, 2 December 2024) for finalising the river over six years; not an official cost estimate
- Stage
- Planned
- Owner or client
- Great Man-Made River Authority
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- —
- Finance
- —
- Award or start year
- —
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-10-12.
History
- 2024-12
Board commits to a US$7 billion fifth and final phase over six years, after ten months of study
Sources
2 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- AGBI, Libya prepares final phase for giant man-made river, opinion article by Salem Maiar, 2 Dec 2024. agbi.com.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
(read via the Internet Archive copy, 12 Oct 2026). States that Libya is planning to finalise the Great Man-Made River Project at a cost of US$7 billion over six years; that after 10 months of technical study the GMMRP board has officially committed to constructing the fifth and final phase; that Kufra-Butnan-Jabal Akhdar, also known as the Fifth River, will use 320 wells south of Kufra and 100 more east of Sarir, with about 1,500 km of new pipelines and a total capacity of over 2.5 million m3/day, in branches towards Tobruk (400,000 m3/day), Derna (250,000), Jabal Akhdar (300,000), Al Marj (445,000) and the Ajdabiya regulating reservoir (400,000); and that the project has cost US$25 billion to date. The article gives no completion year and no source for the US$7 billion. The row was previously a rehabilitation estimate of US$900 million that no source stated (fact-check Libya, Oct 2026).