Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Group Managing Director Austen Oniwon has said that his company is working toward building critical gas infrastructure including the 395 km Calabar – Ajaokuta Pipeline and the 740 km Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano Pipeline, which will help guarantee the long-term energy security of Nigeria.
The two pipeline projects will connect to form the South – North Pipeline, transporting gas to the eastern, middle belt and northern regions of Nigeria. It is also planned that the pipeline will form part of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline.
The pipelines are part of the Federal Government’s plan to boost power generation from 4,000 MW to 40,000 MW, which Mr Oniwon says presents ample opportunity for oil and gas producers within Nigeria because approximately 80 per cent of the projected 36,000 MW increase will be produced from gas-fired thermal stations.
Mr Oniwon explained that the Calabar – Ajaokuta and the Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano pipelines were designed to link the new power stations and would also serve as a backbone for gas supply to other gas-based industries including petrochemical and fertilizer plants across the country.
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Atlas International Engineering Services Nigeria was awarded a contract for the Ajaokuta – Kaduna – Kano Pipeline to provide conceptual studies, front-end engineering and design, mapping of right-of-way, environmental impact studies, and contracting services for the engineering, procurement and construction phase.
Frazimex Engineering Ltd was awarded the engineering consultancy contract for the Calabar – Ajaokuta Pipeline.
The pipelines are part of the Federal Government’s plan to boost power generation from 4,000 MW to 40,000 MW.
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