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Allison-Madueke Unveils Gas Emergency Supply Plan
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Madueke has announced a 12-month Domestic Gas Supply Emergency Plan to fast track the gas to power project.
Allison-Madueke announced this at a briefing on the state of the nation’s oil and gas industry in Abuja.
“I am immediately declaring a 12-month Domestic Gas Supply Emergency Plan.
“During this period, the ministry, together with the NNPC and the gas producing companies, will accelerate opportunities for quick wins to ameliorate the gap between gas demand and supply.’’
She decried the misalignment that existed between power projects and gas supply sources.
“A close analysis of the supply chain has revealed that over the last 10 years or so, there has been significant misalignment between power projects and gas supply sources.
“Until recently, gas supply to power plants outstripped demand to the extent that significant volumes of available gas remained unutilised on a daily basis.’’
Allison-Madueke said the coming on stream of the various National Integrated Power Projects (NIPP) had increased the demand for gas and stressed the Federal government’s resolve to meet the demand.
She said that President Goodluck Jonathan had approved the appointment of Mr Kunle Allen as Chief Executive Officer for the Gas Aggregation Company of Nigeria (GACN).
The minister said that GACN had been given a mandate to identify gas sources and design incentives for accelerated domestic delivery.
She also urged the GACN to provide implicit data to enable the Department of Petroleum resources (DPR) to be more proactive in compelling suppliers to meet gas supply obligations.
Our correspondent reports that the lack of gas to power the various NIPPs had been responsible for the drop in the electricity supply in the country.
The Group Executive Director, Gas and Power, NNPC, Mr David Ige,recently assured Nigerians of improvement in gas supply to power plants.
“We will significantly improve the supply of gas to the power plants over the next 48 weeks.
“We are working on the Utorogun gas plant and the Ughelli gas plant.’’
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