ANOH Gas Project Will Produce 2.4 GW Of Electricity- NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said that the Asa North-Ohaji South Gas project, which is one of the largest green field gas condensate development projects in Nigeria, is expected to produce 2.4 gigawatts of electricity for the country.

It also said the project has the capacity to produce 600 million standard cubic feet of gas daily.

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari, in a statement signed by the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Corporation, Kennie Obateru, said that the ANOH gas project is coming as part of concerted efforts to ramp up gas-to-industries and gas-to-power in the country.

Kyari, who was represented by the Corporation’s Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Yusuf Usman at the 2020 South East Gas Utilization Forum in Owerri, Imo State, commended the imminent completion of the landmark Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben “OB3” gas pipeline project.

The project would help commercialize over two billion cubic feet of gas per day and generate billions in revenue as well as create thousands of employment opportunities for Nigerians.

He said, “NNPC as an enabler organization has since realized the obvious economic importance of gas and has consistently made concerted efforts towards delivering the right infrastructure and commercial structures, in a bid to deliver value to customers and all stakeholders.”

He stated that the laudable initiative of the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria is aimed at facilitating the optimal use of natural gas to drive industrial and economic growth.

This, he noted, aligns completely with President Muhammadu Buhari’s aspirations of prioritizing gas development for economic growth, power generation and the eventual industrialization of Nigeria.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, in his remarks stated that the best way to diversify Nigeria’s economy would be by driving the development and utilization of the nation’s abundant gas resources.

He described the South-East as a region where an industrial miracle was about to happen through the implementation of the project.