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However, he did state that NNPC planned to gas market with a foundation for long-term
work with the state administration in Kaduna involvement in gas deliveries to Kaduna. The
to promote and expand gas demand. state wants to obtain gas via the AKK and OB3
The state-owned company “is leading this pipelines on competitive terms and will apply to
co-ordinated effort with state governments multiple suppliers, including Nigerian Gas Co.
and private sector investors to develop demand (NGC), Nigerian Gas Marketing Co. (NGMC)
framework for immediate and long-term gas and virtual pipeline companies, he said. ™
supply solutions ahead of the completion of”
the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) and Obia-
fu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) gas pipelines, he
explained.
He went on to say that NNPC’s co-opera-
tion with Kaduna State would help support the
Nigerian federal government’s “Decade of Gas”
programme.
The parties have not yet divulged all the
details of the MoU, but Garba Muhammad, a
spokesman for NNPC, said on August 31 that
the MoU called for the state-owned company
and the Kaduna state administration to continue
to work together on strategic gas utilisation ini-
tiatives. These include the AKK and OB3 gas
pipeline projects, he said.
Muhammad also indicated that the MoU
would provide key players in Nigeria’s domestic Gas is expected to help Kaduna state’s economy (Image: Wikimedia)

PROJECTS & COMPANIES
Sonatrach to bring Tinrhert-Ohanet gas

project on stream in Q2-2022

ALGERIA SONATRACH, Algeria’s national oil company tpd of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG).
(NOC), has said it intends to bring the Tin- The new deadline for completing the final
rhert-Ohanet project into production by the end phase of the project has been moved to the first
of the second quarter of 2022. quarter (January-March) 2023. ™
The project targets natural gas fields in the
Illizi region. When these two sites come on
stream, they are expected to have a production
capacity of up to 5mn cubic feet (141,584mn
cubic metres) per day of gas.
The project is currently running significantly
behind the original schedule, with only 65% of
works completed. According to Sonatrach’s
original plans, it ought to have 94% of total pro-
ject works done by now.
The delays experienced by the project led
Sonatrach to terminate its contract with a for-
eign partner for the development of Tinrhert
and Ohanet.
Instead of finding another investor,
Sonatrach opted to assume the total cost of
financing the project and shifted respon-
sibility for project implementation to local
sub-contractors.
When the project is completed, the fields will
have a production capacity of 10 mcf (283,168
cubic metres) per day of natural gas, 1,800
tonnes per day (tpd) of gas condensate and 1,600 Ohanet field (Photo: BHP)

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