No fewer than four power plants became idle on Sunday as a result of the attacks on oil and gas facilities in the Niger Delta, bringing the total number of plants not generating any megawatts of electricity to 12.

There was significant reduction in generation from virtually all the other plants producing electricity, including Egbin in Lagos State and Alaoji in Abia State.

The shut power plants are Sapele I in Delta State; Geregu I and II in Kogi State; and Omotosho II in Ondo, with their installed capacities put at 240MW, 138MW, 435MW and 500MW, respectively, according to industry data obtained by our correspondent.

As of 6am on Thursday, Sapele I generated 70MW; Geregu I, 142MW; Geregu II, 135MW; and Omotosho II produced 110.2MW.

Suspected militants in the Niger Delta had on Wednesday night blown up Chevron’s Okan offshore production platform, forcing the oil major to shut down the facility.

On Thursday night, a pipeline transporting crude oil to the Warri refinery and a 16-inch gas line, owned by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, were also blown up by the suspected militants.

An industry source said the damage to Chevron’s Okan platform on Wednesday had already cut supply of associated gas from the Okan field, adding that the gas supply shortfall worsened after the development on Thursday.

Sapele’s units ST1 and 2 were said to have been shut down due to gas constraints; with the ST3 undergoing rehabilitation; ST4 and 5 awaiting major overhaul; while ST6 tripped and shut down on gas control valve not following reference point.

Geregu I saw its unit GT11 shut down due to gas constraints; GT12 for major overhaul; and GT13 was said to be out on maintenance.

At Geregu II and Omotosho II, all the available units are out due to gas constraints.

The total national power generation stood at 2,223.4MW as of 6am on Sunday, down from 3,183.9MW on May 5.

The slide in power generation has worsened the blackout being experienced in many parts of the country, with many consumers without electricity throughout the weekend.

Generation from Egbin, the nation’s biggest power station, stood at 315MW, down from 1,085MW on March 15. It generated 220MW on Thursday.

The station’s unit ST1 was said to have tripped on generator CB trouble; while ST2 and 3 were not on spinning reserve due to Egbin G/S management decision. Units ST4 and 5 were reportedly out due to gas constraints.

The Egbin power plant, which is situated in Lagos, has the capacity to contribute about 1,320MW to the national grid.

As of May 5, eight power stations, including Shiroro Power Station in Niger State, Olorunsogo II in Ogun State, and Rivers and Trans-Amadi IPPs, both in Rivers State, were idle.

Shell’s Afam VI power plant generated the highest megawatts of electricity at 501MW as of 6am on Sunday, the data showed.

rapistbuhari:
The avengers should please cut the source electricity to Aso villa so the nomadic vagabond can feel what the masses are passing through

rapistbuhari:
The avengers should please cut the source electricity to Aso villa so the nomadic vagabond can feel what the masses are passing through

SleekAboki:
The Niger Delta is the darling and life blood of Nigeria. I wonder why buhari and APC failed to toast,win and dazzle her with romances? These people deserve much more respect than they are getting. Let justice be done.Life in the creeks is not even ideal for human habitation yet,tinubu and co sit down in their posh offices and sipping Niger Delta oil through oando. This is an insult and a grave injustice that must ne addressed.

bettercreature:
You can never see terrorist destroying infrastructural facilities anywhere in the world,this people are just dogs! infact isis the worst terrorist prefer to hold on to mosul dam in iraq instead of breaking it,i don't know why you guys are supporting this people they are not arming the government they are making life miserable for the civilians

bettercreature:
You can never see terrorist destroying infrastructural facilities anywhere in the world,this people are just dogs! infact isis the worst terrorist prefer to hold on to mosul dam in iraq instead of breaking it,i don't know why you guys are supporting this people they are not arming the government they are making life miserable for the civilians

rapistbuhari:
The avengers should please cut the source electricity to Aso villa so the nomadic vagabond can feel what the masses are passing through

Thewrath:

Let me pretend am on same page with you on "the destruction affects the ordinary people and not the elites"

Why have you turned a blind eye to their demand of resource control,why is the north and west always against anything regionalism or resource control?

Abagworo:


Can't your brain tell you that the aim is to prevent Nigeria from achieving stable power? The masses lose while the elites enjoy with their money. The bombings cut off power and fuel supply to parts of Nigeria.

Abagworo:


Everyone already controls his/her resources unless you mean control of crude oil sales which is exclusively an FG thing.

rapistbuhari:
The avengers should please cut the source electricity to Aso villa so the nomadic vagabond can feel what the masses are passing through

Abagworo:


Everyone already controls his/her resources unless you mean control of crude oil sales which is exclusively an FG thing.

obailala:
I've just gone through comments on this issue here on NL and on facebook, the ridiculous part of this development is that it's actually ipob igbos mainly who are rejoicing over these reports of economic sabotage, not even the niger deltans... Ipob igbos are now even screaming 'our oil' more than the niger deltans themselves. Wonderful!.... Anything to bring down the zoo is a welcome development to some of these people. Now as the nation falls into darkness and despair, I'm yet to unseratamd how the blackout will affect the buhari whom they hate.

Abagworo:


Everyone already controls his/her resources unless you mean control of crude oil sales which is exclusively an FG thing.

obailala:
I've just gone through comments on this issue here on NL and on facebook, the ridiculous part of this development is that it's actually ipob igbos mainly who are rejoicing over these reports of economic sabotage, not even the niger deltans... Ipob igbos are now even screaming 'our oil' more than the niger deltans themselves. Wonderful!.... Anything to bring down the zoo is a welcome development to some of these people. Now as the nation falls into darkness and despair, I'm yet to unseratamd how the blackout will affect the buhari whom they hate.

otukpo:
Let there be peace in Nigeria.

luvinhubby:


Coming from your ceasely chants of Ipob yoots, they must be giving you endless nightmares

LadyExcellency:


Go and mourn your dead and leave IPOB out of your funeral.

Parasite. If everyone is suffering it why are you obsessed with IPOB? Were they responsible for blowing the pipeline or that your worst nightmare is becoming a reality.

Swerve and face your tormentors.