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The AHL gas-processing plant, located in Kwale, began operating in October 2020 (Photo: AHL)

One of these customers may be a 650-MW 2020 as the “Year of Gas.”
thermal power plant (TPP) that NNPC and Tony Chukwueke, the group managing
SEEPCO hope to build in Delta State. director of SEEPCO, indicated that his company
Mele Kyari, NNPC’s group managing direc- was ready to support the efforts of NNPC and
tor, said his company was satisfied with the deal. the Nigerian government to promote the use of
“We are happy that this will unlock significant gas. “SEEPCO is determined to play its role in
volumes of gas, which will deliver 125 mmcf the energy industry in Nigeria,” he said.
[3.54 mcm] per day to the midstream plant that Chukwueke also described his firm’s agree-
you have built,” he remarked. “Of course, this is ment with NNPC as ground-breaking, explain-
a great milestone for us, and we are happy to do ing that it was the first such document to include
business with you.” an explicit requirement for effective manage-
Kyari also said that he expected the agree- ment of costs in a Nigerian project.
ment with SEEPCO to support future gas The inclusion of similar language in future
development. “This opens a gateway for other contracts has the potential to help NNPC, the
opportunities in the oil and gas industry, not just Nigerian federal government and other stake-
[for SEEPCO] but for other companies too,” he holders save a substantial amount of money over
commented. He wasapparently referring to the time, he said.
Nigerian government’s ongoing campaign to He further stated that SEEPCO had spent
promote domestic gas consumption, partly out about $600mn on the construction of a unit that
of the desire to reduce associated gas flaring and will enable AHL to turn out LPG and gas con-
pollution and partly out of the desire to increase densate, as well as dry gas. The plant will be able
electricity supplies and proote industrialisation. to sell condensate and LPG on Nigeria’s domes-
That campaign led officials in Abuja to promote tic market, he said. ™

NEWS IN BRIEF

SERVICES first time on the present-day shelf of the Kwanza ADM Energy signs another
Basin.
PGS completes data imaging previous exploration cycles. The combination Barracuda collaboration deal
This is an area that has been overlooked in
of Angola’s Kwanza Shelf of 3D GeoStreamer technology with mod- with OES Energy Services
ern imaging techniques has unlocked several
PGS has announced that final depth-imaged interesting plays in open shallow blocks on the ADM Energy has entered into a non-binding
data is now ready for viewing, and covers Angola Kwanza Shelf. collaboration agreement (CA) with OES Energy
2021 offshore licensing opportunities. Some Enhanced processing flows including PGS Services, Nigeria’s largest swamp rig services
8,300 square km of GeoStreamer data is available FWI and separated wavefield imaging using PGS provider, and 4Mation Drilling Services, a solu-
for Blocks 6, 7 and 8 and the surrounding areas of SWIM, enabled by high-quality GeoStreamer tion provider in the energy sector.
the Kwanza Shelf. 3D broadband data, have effectively addressed ADM, OES and 4Mation plan to explore
This latest dataset is highly relevant for those the imaging challenges that shallow-water envi- opportunities to develop the Barracuda field in
evaluating opportunities in the Angola 2021 ronments such as this can present. OML 141 and associated work-related activity in
offshore licence round, which focuses for the PGS, April 23 2021 Nigeria.

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