The Federal Government of Nigeria is planning to construct the longest gas pipeline in the country from Calabar through Ajaokuta to Kano State as part of efforts of ensuring steady supply of gas and meeting up with growing market demand of gas.
This was disclosed by the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani AlisonMadueke while delivering a paper titled: “Encouraging Investment in Gas Production, Supply and Consumption” in Abuja.
“By the end of the year, we will be commencing, via Public Private Partnership (PPP) scheme, the nation’s longest pipeline from Calabar via Ajaokuta to Kano State,” AlisonMadueke stated.
Represented by the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Engr. Andrew Yakubu, the Minister said that at present the Federal Government was constructing the strategic EastWest pipeline while the Lagos end segment of the Escravos to Lagos Pipelines System (ELPS) is nearing completion.
She explained that almost 500km of new gas pipelines have been completed and commissioned, including the doubling of the capacity of the ELPS between Escravos and Oben and the extension from Oben to Geregu and River Imo to Alaoji respectively.
She also added that the government was strategizing to leverage on the full potential of gas to achieve massive impact on the economy and the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
