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NNPC Plans Delivery of 3.4bscf Daily Domestic Gas Supply By 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has identified Seven Critical Gas Development Projects (7CGDP) scheduled to deliver about 3.4billion standard cubic feet (bscf) of gas per day on an accelerated basis to bridge a projected medium term supply gap by 2020.

Delivering the oil Industry address at the annual Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Oloibiri lecture series Thursday in Abuja, Group Managing Director of the corporation, Dr. Maikanti Baru who was represented by Bello Rabiu, Chief Operating Officer in charge of the Upstream Directorate of the NNPC, disclosed that the 7CGDP would be executed aggressively on a sustained level.

e360 learnt that the 7CGDP include: development of the 4.3 Trillion cubic feet (tcf) Assa North/Ohaji South field, development of the 6.4 tcf Unitized Gas fields (Samabri-Biseni, Akri-Oguta, Ubie-Oshi and Afuo-Ogbainbri) and the development of 7tcf NPDC’s OML 26, 30 &42.
Others include; development of 2.2 tcf Shell Petroleum Development Company, (SPDC) JV Gas Supply to Brass Fertilizer Company, cluster development of 5 tcf OML 13 to support the expansion of Seven Energy Uquo Gas Plant and the cluster development of 10 tcf Okpokunou/Tuomo West (OML 35& 62).

Baru said that the anticipated rise in domestic gas demand to about 7bscfd which is envisaged to outpace gas supply development trajectory necessitated the urgency for NNPC to identify short, medium and long term gas resources to bridge the huge supply gap.

He announced that when fully implemented, the projects would enable the nation meet its aspiration of delivering gas to support 15,000MW power generation and position Nigeria as a regional hub for gas based industries.
Baru noted that the strategy of the corporation included diversification from oil using Nigeria’s enormous gas resources for in-country industrialization voucher as Gas to Power, Gas to Urea, Methanol, and Fertilisers, which has the potential to accelerate growth of the economy and mitigate the impacts of future oil price drops.
As a pointer, the GMD noted that between 2010 and now, almost 500km of pipelines had been commissioned and now delivering gas.He listed them to include the Oben-Geregu (196km), Escravos-Warri-Oben (110km), Emuren-Itoki (50km), Itoki-Olorunshogo (31km), Imo River-Alaoji (24km), Ukanafun-Calabar pipeline (128km).
In addition, he said there was ongoing construction of the strategic East-West OB3 pipeline (127km) scheduled for completion by Q3 2018, the expansion of the Escravos-Lagos Gas Pipeline System scheduled for completion by Q1 2018.
‘’Most recently, the Federal Executive Council approved the contract award of the 40-inch by 614Km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline and associated facilities. This pipeline is expected to supply natural gas to power plants and industries in the northern part of the country,’’ Baru added.

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