The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and Heirs Energies have restored production at a gas facility that had been offline for more than a year, enabling the joint venture to double output and increase supplies to power producers struggling with fuel shortages. The restoration of a gas well in Oil Mining Lease 17, which was shut due to excessive water production, was completed last month.
The restoration doubled the joint venture’s gas output to a peak of 135 million standard cubic feet per day, delivering a significant boost to domestic gas supply and strengthening the nation’s energy security. Natural gas underpins most of Nigeria’s grid power, yet years of underinvestment, vandalism, and unpaid bills have left plants chronically short of fuel, worsening blackouts and forcing reliance on costly diesel.
The restored facility is already making a tangible difference in power generation across Nigeria. Transcorp’s Transafam Power has quadrupled output to more than 180 megawatts from an average of 50 megawatts per day. Electricity generation companies, including First Independent Power Ltd. and Geometric Power, have seen combined output surge to more than 350 megawatts from around 100 megawatts.
Source: thisdaylive.com