The Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Mele Kyari, has announced that the company is dedicated to delivering major domestic gas pipeline infrastructure projects on time.
Speaking at the Society of Petroleum Engineers’ Oloibiri Lecture Series and Energy Forum (OLEF) 2023 in Abuja, Kyari stated that the Abuja-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline corridor, along with associated power plants, and the planned Nigeria-Morocco and the Trans-Sahara Gas Pipelines, are among the top projects the company is working on.
These pipelines will connect West African countries to deliver natural gas to international markets.
Kyari emphasized that the NNPCL is playing a vital role in the Federal Government’s National Gas Expansion Programme, which seeks to deepen natural gas utilization as an alternative transportation fuel and an important feedstock for the development of gas-based industries.
He highlighted Nigeria’s huge natural gas reserves of over 200 Trillion Cubic Feet (TCF), which can grow to 600 TCF as more investment is expected due to the recent resolution of Production Sharing Contract disputes with partners.
“The significant reserve will serve as a low-carbon energy alternative that will support growth in the power and industrial sectors, address energy poverty, reduce carbon footprint and create more employment opportunities,” Kyari said.
The existing domestic gas infrastructure network in Nigeria has the capacity to transport about 6.9 Billion Standard Cubic Feet (BCF) of gas to support power generation and gas-based industries.
Furthermore, the ongoing NLNG Train 7 will expand Nigeria’s LNG production capacity from 22 mpta to about 30 million tons per annum (30 MTPA), thus strengthening the country’s position in the gas export market.
Kyari also highlighted NNPC’s commitment to sustainability and deploying carbon-reduction initiatives to gradually decarbonize its operations and improve its compliance with global emission reduction.
The NNPCL CEO pledged to deepen further collaboration with all relevant stakeholders, including government security agencies, host communities, and others, to enhance the country’s energy security.
He emphasized that providing adequate and timely investments is necessary to build resilient energy systems capable of delivering energy to support socio-economic development in a sustainable manner.
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