Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke
In a move to achieve the 12-month emergency timeline she had set for
the correction of the misalignments in gas-to-power aspirations,
Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, Wednesday
raised a team of experts to visit gas project sites across the country,
beginning today.
The experts, whose tour of duty is for a one-week period, have been
mandated to go to all gas installations and projects key to the
realisation of the timeline and also listed for the production of
additional gas under the gas supply emergency programme.
Unveiling the team’s itinerary in a press statement, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, said the tour, which starts with the visit of the minister to the Utorogu Gas Plant in Delta State today, is geared towards eliminating bottlenecks in the drive to ensure adequate supply of the product for power generation.
Unveiling the team’s itinerary in a press statement, Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Levi Ajuonuma, said the tour, which starts with the visit of the minister to the Utorogu Gas Plant in Delta State today, is geared towards eliminating bottlenecks in the drive to ensure adequate supply of the product for power generation.
According to Ajuonuma, “This is a very crucial task that’s why the
minister has directed the Group Executive Director in charge of
Exploration and Production at the NNPC, Mr. Andy Yakubu, to lead the
inspection. The team is expected to report back to the minister on a
project-by-project basis. The projects will include new gas plants, as
well as expansion of existing plants and new pipeline infrastructure
projects."
Other members of the team, according to the statement, include: Group
Executive Director, Gas & Power, Dr. David Ige; Managing Director,
Gas Aggregator Company of Nigeria, Mr. Kunle Allen; and Managing
Director, Nigerian Gas Company, Mr. Saidu Mohammed.
Also on the team are Group General Manager, National Petroleum
Investment Management Services, NAPIMS, Mr. Morrison Fiddi, and the
organisation’s General Manager, Gas, Mr. Paul Ajishafe.
The minister had in the wake of the shortage in gas supply to thermal
power plants in the country initiated the measure which is expected to
engender “tremendous” increase in gas supply within the next 12 months.
The minister, it was further learnt, is set to host a roundtable
discussion on crude oil production and the state of the oil industry in
Nigeria.
The event is designed to provide a forum to deliberate on current
issues and challenges facing the upstream sub-sector of the industry
such as high rate of pipeline vandalism, asset integrity challenges,
among others.
The forum is expected to have in attendance, chief executives of
international oil and gas companies (IOCs,) as well as indigenous
operators and other key stakeholders in the industry.
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