AKK gas project: NNPC delivers 96 pipes via train to Itakpe

In line with commencement of the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK)  gas project, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has delivered 96 pipes by rail to Itakpe.

The Corporation made the announcement via its official Twitter handle at the weekend.

It said the mode of transportation was less costly, safer, and faster.

“We congratulate our team on the arrival at 10.25pm 8hi.4.2021 of AKK gas project line pipes by rail from Warri to Itakpe.  It was less costly andf had faster delivery time; was safer, protecting our roads and more.  The infrastructure revolution is paying up.

“A major boost in the delivery of AKK gas project as NRC train finally commenced epoch-making haulage of line pipes from Warri to Itakpe. This locomotive, which began journey at 11.05 am on April 8, 2021, carried 96 pipes at once, an equivalent of 32 trailers on the road,” It wrote.

Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline project was flagged off in July, 2020, by President Muhammadu Buhari.

The project is being executed in three phases. The first phase covers a distance of 200 kilometers between Ajaokuta and Abuja, while the second and the third phases cover a distance of 193 kilometers and 221 kilometers, from Abuja to Kaduna, and from Kaduna to Kano, respectively.

The project is said to be the single biggest gas pipeline project in the West African country’s history and expected to transport approximately 3.5 billion cubic feet of gas per day from Delta to power plants across the south and extend to the North.

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