Nigeria to increase supply to W/Africa as govt discovers more gas resources

The Federal Government has said Nigeria would increase its gas supply to the West Africa Gas Pipeline Project.

This is as the country continued to enjoy relative peace in the Niger Delta region and the discovery of more gas resources offshore Lagos.

Speaking at the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) Project’s Committee of Ministers’ Meeting in Abuja, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Mr. Ibe Kachikwu, said Nigeria, along with the partner countries had nurtured the WAGP project and are looking at further addressing the challenges that had hindered the achievement of their set targets.

The minister said that the WAGP project was being celebrated all over the continent as the flagship project for the New Partnership for African Development, and called for the sustainability of the project through the cooperation of all parties.

“On the part of Nigeria, I am pleased to be able to welcome you all at a point when the Niger Delta is stable and gas supply from Nigeria is becoming more assured and also when more gas resources are being discovered offshore Lagos, which could present more option of gas supply to the West African Gas Pipeline Project.”

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Also speaking, the Managing Director, West African Gas Pipeline Company, Walter Perez, said although significant improvement had been recorded over the years in the firm, the collective effort of the committee was still required to attain the promise for further regional integration.

He stated that WAPCo had been able to upgrade its compressor, and that this led to a growth in its output from 70 million British thermal units per day to 85 million BTU per day in 2018.

He said, “However, the situation has significantly improved as a result of work completed by WAPCo in 2018 to upgrade our compressor station in Nigeria to operate at reduced pressures. As a result of this, we have been able to demonstrate the capability to transport over 85 million BTU per day.

“In addition, this upgrade has allowed us to be more consistent in delivering gas to our customers despite variations in pressure at Itoki.”

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