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Oilserv hopes to participate in the construction of both gas pipelines
“The project that is actually hot now and is on capacity to deliver our scopes.”
board in terms of process is the Nigeria-Mo- NNPCL and its contractors began building
rocco, which will run offshore West Africa to the AKK pipeline along a 614-km route that runs
North Africa. It will go all the way from the northward from the left bank of the Niger River
Niger Delta to offshore Lagos. It will then go in Kogi state to the capital city of Kano state in
through all the countries on the coast of West June 2020. When finished, the pipe will have a
Africa until it gets to Mauritania. And then it nameplate capacity of 99.11mn cubic metres per
goes on land from the back of Mauritania to day of gas, or around 36.175bn cubic metres per
Morocco, where it crosses the channel until it year. Initially, throughput will amount to around
gets to Spain. So these are the key pipelines that 56.64 mcm per day, or around 20.67 bcm per
are upcoming.” year.
Okwuosa indicated that Oilserv was not nec- According to previous reports, the pipeline
essarily expecting to be the leading contractor will pump gas from fields in the southern part
for pipeline construction but emphasised that of the country to new domestic customers,
the company was eager to participate as the pro- including thermal power plants (TPPs) with
jects moved forward. “[We] are very aware of the a combined generating capacity of 3,600 MW
opportunities, and we have been part of that,” and petrochemical producers that use gas as
he said. “We know that it is a project that might feedstock. As such, it is a key component of the
require more than one contractor to execute, Nigerian government’s domestic gasification
but we want to be part of it because we have the strategy. ™

Nigeria signs additional MoUs on NMGP

AFRICA NIGERIAN officials have signed four more Economic Community of Western African
memoranda of understanding (MoUs) towards States (ECOWAS). It is predicted that the project
the construction of the planned Nigeria-Mo- will cost $20-25bn, over a construction period
rocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) at a meeting in of eight years.
Nouakchott, Mauritania. Speaking at a signing ceremony, Nigerian
On October 15, representatives from the National Petroleum Co. Ltd (NNPCL) CEO
NNPC, Morocco’s National Agency for Mines Mele Kyari described the planned project as
and Hydrocarbons (ONHYM), PETROSEN of critical for the integration of West African econ-
Senegal and Mauritania’s SMH met to sign four omies. NMGP “is one of the critical decisions
MoUs on the future construction of the pipe- we need to take to foster that integration and
line, which will be nearly 5,600 km long and economic value and it will pass through several
will deliver gas to 11 countries, before reaching countries, and I can confirm that ECOWAS has
Europe, likely via Spain or Italy. The pipeline is endorsed this project,” Kyari said. “So today’s
designed to help export African gas into Europe. meeting is in alignment with the national oil
The new deals follow MoUs already signed companies of Senegal and Morocco so that we
between Nigeria, Morocco and the 15-member can proceed with this.” ™

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