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An explosion occurred earlier this week at a key onshore natural gas pipeline in Nigeria, disrupting operations at the link shipping gas to industrial users and power plants, Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC confirmed late on Thursday.

The explosion occurred on the evening of December 10 on the Escravos–Lagos pipeline near the Tebijor, Okpele, and Ikpopo communities in the Delta State. Initial observations indicate a pressure drop consistent with a loss of containment at the gas pipeline, NNPC said in a statement.

“The cause of the explosion is still unknown but would be confirmed after a detailed investigation has been concluded. Our priority at this time is the safety of nearby communities and the protection of the environment,” the state company said, adding that it has activated emergency response procedures and teams.

The Escravos–Lagos gas pipeline is a major conduit of gas to industrial users and power plants in southwestern Nigeria.

The incident of still unknown cause took place days after NNPC and local producer Heirs Energies signed a deal to capture and use the gas flared at their onshore OML 17 joint venture near Port Harcourt in a bid to monetize the resource and reduce flaring.

Under the deal, the companies will capture the gas flared across OML 17 and deploy it for use in power generation, industrial applications, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and compressed natural gas (CNG). The move is aligned with Nigeria’s gas development priorities and energy transition goals.

Gas flaring has been a major issue at Nigeria’s oilfields—it is wasted instead of used for many industrial purposes, and holds back the country’s targets to reduce emissions.

Nigeria saw flaring volumes jump by 12% in 2024, which was the second largest increase globally behind Iran, the World Bank said in a report earlier this year.

malali:
Source: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Explosion-at-Critical-Nigerian-Gas-Pipeline-Disrupts-Operations.html

Apcshit:
Nice one .I hope more explosions .They can't keep dominating our oil

malali:
An explosion occurred earlier this week at a key onshore natural gas pipeline in Nigeria, disrupting operations at the link shipping gas to industrial users and power plants, Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC confirmed late on Thursday.

The explosion occurred on the evening of December 10 on the Escravos–Lagos pipeline near the Tebijor, Okpele, and Ikpopo communities in the Delta State. Initial observations indicate a pressure drop consistent with a loss of containment at the gas pipeline, NNPC said in a statement.

“The cause of the explosion is still unknown but would be confirmed after a detailed investigation has been concluded. Our priority at this time is the safety of nearby communities and the protection of the environment,” the state company said, adding that it has activated emergency response procedures and teams.

The Escravos–Lagos gas pipeline is a major conduit of gas to industrial users and power plants in southwestern Nigeria.

The incident of still unknown cause took place days after NNPC and local producer Heirs Energies signed a deal to capture and use the gas flared at their onshore OML 17 joint venture near Port Harcourt in a bid to monetize the resource and reduce flaring.

Under the deal, the companies will capture the gas flared across OML 17 and deploy it for use in power generation, industrial applications, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and compressed natural gas (CNG). The move is aligned with Nigeria’s gas development priorities and energy transition goals.

Gas flaring has been a major issue at Nigeria’s oilfields—it is wasted instead of used for many industrial purposes, and holds back the country’s targets to reduce emissions.

Nigeria saw flaring volumes jump by 12% in 2024, which was the second largest increase globally behind Iran, the World Bank said in a report earlier this year.
Source: https://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Explosion-at-Critical-Nigerian-Gas-Pipeline-Disrupts-Operations.html

Apcshit:
Nice one .I hope more explosions .They can't keep dominating our oil

Wickedtruths:
nwOSU, which oil una get?
Oil wey no fit fry 2 eggs.

Always attaching yourselves to the good people of the Niger Delta.

Shivisee1:
Abeg which oil you get?? Shinedu Una wan thief southsouth oil again??

ImIfeyinwaWj:
The explosion is quite unfortunate. I hope the investigation will reveal the true cause of the explosion, and those responsible will be held accountable.

tobenuel:
Whats going on?

The Escravos–Lagos gas pipeline is a major conduit of gas to industrial users and power plants in southwestern Nigeria.
but to move some sea port activities to delta state Warri is a no no. they do not even want to hear another of that discussion

AlphaTaikun:
I don't know what you are going on about with that bolded comment of yours above.

Now listen... What the Lagos special adviser CLEARLY told the media was that there is still ENOUGH port capacity in the Lagos Ports if the massive inneficiences at the Ports are removed. He's actually right about that. However, if the NPA insists on moving part of Lagos Port operations to Warri, that is fine. It becomes highly IRRESPONSIBLE and an act of online disinformation for posters especially of SE origin to keep spreading falsehoods viacrandom blogs and several YouTube videos seeking to knock the heads of Warri folks and Yoruba folks together while saying that the SW was denying Warri of ship cargo. That's highly a highlyvIRRESPONSIBLE thing to do! Senator Oluremi Tinubu's biological mother is an Itsekiri woman from where the transported natural gas for the Escravos-Lagos pipeline comes from. So, it's totally inconceivable that President 'Bola Tinubu and his team would deny his wife's maternal ancestry of sustainable development. The ONLY thing is that the river ports of Warri, Koko, Burutu, Calabar, etc, require constant dredging due to silting from the shallow river bed which prevents big ocean-going ships from sailing into the riverd with cargo from abroad and the cost of dredging is very expensive running into millions.

Second, the Escravos (Ugborodo) - Lagos gas pipeline transports natural gas NOT just to the industrial hubs in Lagos, Ogun, BUT to the rest of West Africa along the shoreline up to Ghana. That gas comes right from Itsekiri oil fields bearing Itsekiri/Yoruba names namely Okan, Meji, Meta, Meren Oil Fields which have operated right from the 1960s. Yorubas and Itsekiri are related ancestrally with Yoruba being the parent ethnic group of the Itsekiris of Ife, Ilaje, and Ijebu origins and many Itsekiri communities were founded by folks of Yoruba lineage even before Oba Olua's son, Prince Ginuwa's arrival from Benin with 70 children of noble men on exile to Ode-Itsekiri an original Ijebu settlement where he met Chief Lenuwa and Ijebu man in 1480! Prince Ginuwa's mother was from Ile Ife and was the ONLY one out of Oba Olua's wife who was NOT born in Benin.

Apcshit:
Nice one .I hope more explosions .They can't keep dominating our oil

AqualinaXYZ:
What if he’s a Niger deltan?

Una really dey feel say everybody wey no support this una parasitic nature and una mumu Tinubu is automatically from Igbo?

Lol una dey muzz me shaa

Apcshit:
Abeg Rivers people should go and sit down one place.Cowards should not talk when we ibos are talking.

tobenuel:
Whats going on?

The Escravos–Lagos gas pipeline is a major conduit of gas to industrial users and power plants in southwestern Nigeria.

but to move some sea port activities to delta state Warri is a no no. they do not even want to hear another of that discussion

fineboynl:
are you now claiming part of delta is yoruba land or what? All those long episodes doesn't mean anything