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South-east Crucial to Nigeria’s Gas Industry Revolution, Says FG

October 20, 2020


The federal government has stated [b]that the five south-eastern states of Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo will be key actors in its push to enthrone gas as a preferred fuel source [/b]for Nigeria’s industrialisation.

It said besides the region’s enormous natural gas deposit which would be a useful energy supply source to the country, its industrial composition provides for Nigeria’s gas market complementary demand points to unlock its budding potentials.

The government therefore pledged its support towards efforts by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) to expand gas utilisation in the region using both market-based and government-backed frameworks to clear existing bottlenecks to the market’s transition.

It said these through the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, during a gathering of more than 500 registered participants at the South-east Gas Utilisation Forum recently organised by the GACN in Owerri, Imo State, recently.

A statement from the GACN noted that the forum had its theme as: “Natural Gas Utilisation and Optimisation in Nigeria – focus on the South Eastern Hub,” and it was organised in partnership with the five governors of the region: Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu – Abia; Chief Willie Obiano – Anambra; Engr. Dave Umahi – Ebonyi; Rt. Hon. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi – Enugu and Senator Hope Uzodimma of Imo.

Sylva said the forum aligned with the government’s vision, “to see that we as a country prioritise utilising our natural gas resources domestically to create jobs, grow the economy, increase government revenue, attract investments and industrialise the country- all to the benefit of its citizens.”

He further noted that the government, “strongly believes that the South East has a pivotal role to play in Nigeria’s journey towards gas availability, broad utilisation and value optimisation, which is one of the reasons the South East was chosen as the first zone to host this Forum.”

According to him, the ministry of petroleum resources has, “made significant progress in the upgrade of the national gas utilization framework by adopting and implementing innovative policies and initiatives aimed at positioning natural gas as the major fuel and driver of our nation’s economy.”

He said such initiatives included the development and activation of the Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code to guide the use and operations of the gas transportation network system and the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP) designed to reinforce and expand domestic gas utilisation as well as stimulate demand by promoting gas as replacement for imported petrol and diesel.

He also noted the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB) which seeks to emplace a robust legal and regulatory framework for Nigeria’s oil industry and elimination of fuel subsidies to save the country foreign exchange through downstream deregulation as the other initiatives of the government in the sector.

The minister noted that the government would stay on course with these initiatives, adding that for the south-east gas utilisation expansion plan, “I have been assured that it will not be a ‘talk shop’ but will set out practical steps to ensure the earliest realisation of the gas-energy requirements of the South East States at the earliest timeline.”

Similarly, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, in his remarks at the forum, said the government has taken steps to leverage on gas to build a sustainable economy for Nigeria.

Kyari explained that the outcome of such strategic approach is seen in key gas-based investments that have been made so far by the government.

He said the imminent completion of the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) gas pipeline project which will help commercialise over two billion cubic feet per day (bcf/d) of gas and generate new revenue and employment in the east is an example of such investments.
He noted that businesses and industries in the region would benefit immensely from the efforts of the NNPC and GACN to open up its gas market.

“I salute the ingenuity and spirit of enterprise of our South East industrialists and businesses. Evidently, the South East business community is well placed to key into the Federal Government’s economic development plan to move Nigeria from being a crude oil export-based economy to an attractive oil and gas based industrial economy.

“Investment options include gas development, gas infrastructure development, virtual pipeline projects, joint venture partnerships with Nigerian Gas Marketing Company (NGMC) to expand the gas distribution network, gas-to-power, captive or embedded power projects, vehicular CNG projects etc.,” said Kyari who was represented by NNPC’s Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Mr. Yusuf Usman.

Similarly, the Board Chairman of GACN, Mr. Mansur Sadiq Sambo said at the forum that the efforts of the GACN are well-intentioned and would be beneficial to Nigeria and the region.

According to him: “Evidently, the South East is a thriving commercial hub and this GACN initiative and developmental focus is therefore well understood given that GACN’s core mandate is to drive the expansion of gas utilisation in Nigeria.

“We therefore look forward to a long standing and mutually beneficial relationship with the South East business communities and stakeholders consistent with the national economic development agenda of the Federal Government of Nigeria under the leadership of President Muhammadu Buhari.”

Sambo further assured that the GACN was wholly committed to the growth of the domestic gas market and will continue to interface with all stakeholders in the industry to facilitate the availability and efficient use of gas while also ensuring competitiveness in the market.

Key stakeholders such as the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) also praised the intentions of the GACN with the forum, stating that the time is ‘right and ripe’.

According to the President of NGA, Mrs. Audrey Joe-Ezigbo, the NGA is very pleased to note the emergence of new gas projects in the South East region in more recent times and expects that GACN’s debottleneck efforts will raise the bar on this.



https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2020/10/20/south-east-crucial-to-nigerias-gas-industry-revolution-says-fg/

NNPC, stakeholders target gas revolution in South East

19 October 2020

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN) and oil and gas stakeholders[b] have revealed plans to harness gas resources to the advantage of the South East.[/b]

At least 500 stakeholders, who gathered in Owerri at the weekend to discuss “Natural Gas Utilisation and Optimisation in Nigeria: Focus on the South Eastern Hub”, are aiming to expand gas utilisation in the region using market-based and government frameworks to clear all obstacles to the market’s transition.

Speaking at the event, the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, insisted that there was a need for the country to prioritise utilising natural gas resources domestically, especially in the area of jobs creation and economy development.

“Government strongly believes that the South East has a pivotal role to play in Nigeria’s journey towards gas availability, broad utilisation and value optimisation, which is one of the reasons the South East was chosen as the first zone to host this forum,” Sylva said.

According to him, the ministry has made progress in the upgrade of the national gas utilisation framework by adopting and implementing innovative policies and initiatives aimed at positioning natural gas as major driver of the economy.

The minister added that apart from the South East’s natural gas deposit, which would be a useful for energy supply source, the region’s industrial composition provides for Nigeria’s gas market the complementary demand point needed to unlock the market’s potential.

The Federal Government had earlier in the year launched the Development and Operationalisation of The Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code which guides the use and operations of the Gas Transportation Network system to entrench excellence and best practice in the domestic gas market while impacting positively on the growth and economic development of the country.

It also launched the National Gas Expansion Programme (NGEP), Gas Sector-Wide Review of the Domestic Gas Pricing Framework, the deregulation of downstream petroleum sector as well as the Abuja- Kaduna-Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project.

Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, who was also at the event, stated that government had consistently taken steps to leverage gas to build a sustainable economy for Nigeria.

Kyari explained that the outcome of the approach was in key gas-based investments that had been made so far by government.

According to him, an example is the imminent completion of the landmark Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) gas pipeline project which will help commercialise over two billion cubic feet per day (BCF/D) of gas and generate billions of dollars of new revenue and thousands of employment opportunities as gas volumes that were stranded in the East would be brought to the national and regional markets.

He added that businesses in the South East would benefit from the efforts of the NNPC and GACN to open up the region’s gas market.

He said: “The South East business community is well-placed to key into the Federal Government’s economic development plan to move Nigeria from being a crude oil export-based economy to an attractive oil and gas based industrial economy,” the NNPC chief said.

Chairman of GACN board, Mansur Sadiq Sambo, said the efforts of the body would be beneficial to Nigeria and the region.

The President of Nigerian Gas Association, Audrey Joe-Ezigbo, said emergence of new gas projects in the South East was a welcome development. She stressed that there was a need to rapidly transform the fortunes of the states and the people in region.

https://guardian.ng/news/nnpc-stakeholders-target-gas-revolution-in-south-east/

Shell Discovers 1.5 Trillion Cubic Feet Of Gas In Eastern Nigeria


Nov 27, 2018


Shell says its geoscientists have encountered 1.5Trillion cubic feet of gas and 42 Million barrels of condensate, in shallow and deep reservoirs in the Eastern part of Nigeria.

The revelation came in the course of several technical sessions at the just concluded annual conference and exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationists (NAPE),the oil and gas online report said

The report said four well campaign, which utilised the High Temperature/High Pressure rig Hilong 27, was aimed at deep, High Pressure gas targets in the Gbaran -Kolo Creek -Epu field areas, in what is classified as Central Swamp Depobelt of the Niger Delta Basin, to unlock all the reserves that are located deeper than normal hydrostatic pressure on these fields. It ran between 2014 and late September 2018, when the rig was released to the Nigerian Agip Oil Company, a local subsidiary of the Italian giant ENI.

The new discoveries, however span both shallow and deep reservoirs.

“You know how the Niger Delta works. You are targeting deep, but you can encounter new hydrocarbons in the shallow sands in the process,’’it quoted a senior official of the multinational oil company as saying on the side-lines of the NAPE conference. “You are targeting deep, but you can encounter new hydrocarbons in the shallow sands in the process”.

The 1Bscf/d Gbaran Field gas project was already in production before the campaign, but it was only producing in the hydrostatic pressure zones before this campaign.

The new gas will be available to the 22MMTPA (3.5Bscf/d) Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas NLNG Plant in Bonny, also in Eastern Nigeria.


https://independent.ng/shell-discovers-1-5-trillion-cubic-feet-of-gas-in-eastern-nigeria/?nonamp=1/

Southeast Has The Highest Gas Reserve In Africa.

According to department of petroleum resources, Nigeria has about 202 million trillion cubic fit (TCF) natural gas reserve and about 70% are domacile in south east. Their are other unproven gas reserve fields in SE. Currently seplat,nnpc, shell and total jointly (Although their share holding percentages differs) are currently building the largest greenfield gas processing facility in Nigeria in the Assa north-Ohaji egbema 4.3 trillion cubic ft gas field.About 600 million worth of gas will be processed each day.The project is worth about $700 million dollars.



https://www.nairaland.com/6617099/southeast-highest-gas-reserve-africa

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What is Eastern Intelligentsia? All these oteletuals should gop and sit down. We don't need them. Imagine these fools claiming to be Eastern Intelligentsia while living in perpetual slavery under illiterate fulanis. Living with no electricity, no good road nor good hospital. Living in a decaying society, and nothing whatsoever works in his society, yet he wants to be recognized as the intelligentsia. May thunder fire all these fools who think themselves high. They should all take back sit and watch IPOB deliver Biafra. We don't need all those fools in this struggle.

The soldiers’ action had forced Traditional Rulers and Monarchs in the community to cry out to the Nigerian Army authorities

Read the above quote from the article to understand why these people are nothing buy idiots and clowns. Fulani terrorists in army uniform brutalized you, and you are crying out to the same fulani military to save you. Are these people sane? Tell them to sit at home as a form of protest or join their brothers in IPOB to fight for their rights, they will prefer to stay in subjugation and continue with their arrss kissing.

Maxymilliano:
Can we see the updated photos to confirm if the building was actually razed as claimed or the poster was only crying wolf where there is none to attract public sympathy

It is all propaganda. They are trying to fight back through all means possible. IPOB sit at home is hitting them hard. They want to create enmity amongst Igbos, but we are too intelligent for such propaganda to hold water. Our sit at home must continue and they all can quench for all we care.

udele1:
[s]I guess he is an enemy of fulani. These actions will sentence Nnamdi Kanu for life.[/s]

Joe Igbokwe is too small in the scheme of things.

DSS is at it again. Udele their media miscreant promised to put out the video when no other media house has talked about this.

sarrki:
They are lost already

Do t waste your time talking to people filled with hatred in their heart

Take your fake love to your furadenunu, disease-stricken, leprosy, illiterate-infested northern nigeria. Your hypocrite love is not needed anywhere in the SE. Our people are not complaining and we don't need your fake concerns.

ablejesus26:
[s]Liberation?
Like seriously you guys are worse than the BMC��.
Too brainwashed to even think �
The grading of zombies in Nigeria.
1)Ipob
2)BMC
3) Mumuric
4) Miyetti Allah.
No human being can be more zombish than this group ��[/s]

As i said, all your murmurings end here in nairaland. Come down to South East and talk this same thrash. Politics is dead in Igboland. It no longer pays. Igbos have put a stop to nigeria politics pending when Biafra is restored. No subsequent election, whether state or federal will be allowed anywhere in Igboland. It is all over for all you thieves that depend on political money for your garri. Until Biafra is restored, no more politics and no more elections anywhere in Igboland. The people have spoken.

ablejesus26:
Ipob doing everything to tell the world that they are truly what the FG calls them.

As e be their onye oshi, London scammer go grow orange hair for prison.

Keep running your mouth. Highest you can do is to run to nairaland and cry us a river while the liberation tune mounts up.

vedaxcool:
Let's hope you don't get caught up in the friendly fire!

Bring your sabo nonsense to Igboland and be treated the same way. You can't continue killing our people by proxy as a sobetuer and expect to live. Sabo job no longer pays in Igboland.

Guestlander:
You are no attacking "my masters" you are killing your own people.

Your masters simply changed tactics. There are no longer our people in the streets with flags and placards to kill, therefore they now resorted to targetting our people in their homes to kill us. Hypocrite, did you get it now?

OyigboUpdate:
I have the video

Voila!! We know this. The perpetrator of the crime is here already with the video of what they did. Oya, post the video make we do Christmas for our eyes.

Guestlander:
Why are you people so hateful? No society can function based on this type of ideology.

I guess you never envisaged this time when you were hailing your masters as they were killing Igbos merely for protesting with Biafran flags and placards, did you? Hypocrites!!

vedaxcool:
Beerfraud ipob crusader terrorists version of freedom and human rights. They cannot stomach diverse opinion.

It is called weeding out saboteurs who are far more dangerous than the enemies. Without the saboteurs, the enemies won't know where to begin with their killings of our people. Once the saboteurs are weeded out, the killings of our people will stop.

You managed to see them on camera, but you didn't see them in the same camera burning your house? What a lame propaganda.