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Monday, August 13, 2012
Indigenous Nigerian firm, Seplat Petroleum Development Co. Ltd., reported plans to shut down its Oben Gas plant. The company, who is operator of the plant, said the planned shut down of the 90 Mmscf/d Oben plant is part of the ongoing upgrade that is designed to extend the life of the facility by another 20 years and help it meet the West African Gas Pipeline (WAGP) specifications.
The shut-down operation is the concluding part of the plant upgrade which the NPDC/SEPLAT JV has invested a significant amount of money. The operation will be in two phases with each phase running for seven days. During the first period of the upgrade, the Oben gas plant will operate at 50% of installed capacity, while the second phase will be a total shutdown for seven days.
MD and CEO of Seplat, Austin Avuru, said that the plant upgrade is another testimony of the joint venture’s unwavering commitment to ensuring a long-term supply of abundant, clean, relatively cheaper fuel to end-users in Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, and Benin, providing additional outlet for its gas production in line with the federal government initiative to put an end to gas flaring in the upstream of the oil and gas industry and further monetize the gas resources of the nation .
“We expect this upgrade to strategically position the NPDC/Seplat JV to maintain a steady supply of high quality gas for domestic obligations and neighboring countries through the WAGP, thus helping to stimulate industrial production/growth and support economic integration in these sub-regional economies”, said Avuru.
The Oben Gas plant will be shut down on August 13, in line with Seplat’s agreement with the Nigerian Gas Co. and other stakeholders. During the period of the shutdown, a new control room will be hooked up and pre-fabricated meter run (with DOF on the sales gas line), valves and vortex flow meters amongst other equipment will be installed.
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