Ventures Africa: Nigeria’s Top Gas Provider Is Back In Business

Nigeria has recommenced operations on its Trans Forcados oil pipeline, a senior oil official said on Monday. This will revive the generation part of the network which is paramount to almost half of the country’s gas production.

David Ige, Executive Director of gas and power at Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, told Reuters that the pipeline, which had been shut for a week due to sabotage, resumed on Saturday afternoon.

Bonny Light and Forcados are two of Nigeria’s most important oil grades meaning the suspension resulted in the downgrade of a significant part of Nigeria’s natural gas production. Reuters reported that gas fields had to be shut down because the condensate they produce alongside the gas is normally evacuated via Forcados. “Forcados is a major artery…when this pipeline is out we lose gas production… (It) accounts for 40-50 percent of gas production in the country,” said Ige.
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