The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Thursday, said the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline project will deliver not less than 2 billion Standard Cubic Feet gas to the domestic market.
This was even as the Corporation reiterated commitments to timely delivery of the ongoing 614kilometres project which would create prosperity through massive job opportunities and guarantee peace for the country.
The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mallam Mele Kyari, stated this at a Gas Sector Stakeholders’ Forum held in Kano, Kano State, with the theme: “Optimizing the Economic Development Capacity of Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Pipeline Project”.
“What we are seeing today would deliver at least 2billion standard cubic feet of gas to the domestic market at the first instance with the potential to increase it. What this means is that it will debottleneck the gas supply network in the entire country,” Kyari stated.
He noted that the aim of the project, conceived 30 years is to have gas delivered to Europe across the Trans-Sahara route. What we are
He said the AKK gas project would also lead to the development of three Independent Power Plants (IPP) in Abuja, Kaduna and Kano, adding that the IPPs would boost electricity supply and promote the growth of small and medium scale enterprises in Nigeria.
The GMD further stressed the current administration’s commitment to deepening domestic gas consumption with a view to creating prosperity out of the enormous gas resources in the country.
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