Nigeria Has A Masterplan For Gas; Flaring Is No Longer Allowed.The Nigerian government has introduced the country's first Masterplan for natural gas. Calling for increased gas use throughout Nigeria, the plan provides fiscal incentives for oil producing operators to maximise gas output and stop the flaring of associated gas. It sets guidelines for the pricing of gas to be purchased by the national gas utility, Nigerian Gas Co. (NGC NGC New General Catalogue (of Nebulae and Star Clusters; astronomy) NGC National Geographic Channel (TV) NGC National Guideline Clearinghouse ), and the pricing of gas to end-users. NGC is a unit of state-owned Nigeria National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC NNPC Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC Nigerian National Petroleum Company ), which is being restructured and its downstream units are to be privatised by an elected civilian government in 1999. A campaign to curb gas flaring is being stepped up. Under the Masterplan, the flaring of associated gas should be totally eliminated by 2010. At present, about 2.2 BCF/day of gas are being flared, which represent 75% of the gas produced in Nigeria. This is the highest rate of flaring in the world. Work On West African West Africa A region of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea. It was largely controlled by colonial powers until the 20th century. West African adj. & n. Gas P/L P/L Pipeline P/L Profit and Loss P/L Product Liability P/L Payload P/L Property Line P/L Packet Loss P/L Pulsed Laser P/L Packing List (shipping) P/L Personal Lines P/L Proprietary Limited Company Progressing: Construction of a 600 km pipeline to supply Nigerian associated gas to neighbouring Benin, Togo and Ghana is to begin shortly and should be completed within a year. Partners in the $260m project include Shell and Chevron, main gas producers in Nigeria, and investors from Nigeria and the three importing countries. A feasibility study "A Feasibility Study" is an episode of the original The Outer Limits television show. It first aired on 13 April, 1964, during the first season. It was remade in 1997 as part of the revived The Outer Limits series with a minor title change. on the project, called West African Gas Pipeline The West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) is a 678 kilometer long pipeline from the gas reserves in Nigeria's Escravos region of Niger Delta area to Benin, Togo and Ghana. The pipeline consists three sections. , was completed last September as part of its first phase. Initial agreements on marketing the gas in the three countries have been signed. Shell Gas P/Ls: Shell Petroleum Development Co. (SPDC SPDC State Peace and Development Council (Myanmar) SPDC Shell Petroleum Development Company SPDC Spontaneous Parametric Down Conversion SPDC Self-Protecting Digital Content SPDC Sokhna Port Development Company ) has contracted Bouygues Offshore to build a pipeline from the Ekulama gas field in the Niger Delta to a gas treatment plant at Soku, near Port Harcourt. The contract is worth about $40m and the pipeline should be ready in 2000. Last September, SPDC and Nigerian Gas Co. (NGC) signed two 10-year agreements whereby Shell will supply 69 MCF/day of gas to power plants and industrial consumers in the Niger Delta. Pipelines to the power plants and the Aba region will be built. |
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