Nigeria will start delivering gas to Ghana, Togo and Benin Republic under the West African Gas Pipeline in October 2008, according to the Lagos-based Punch newspaper.
The project is expected to help generate an estimated 3,000 MW from thermal power stations in the countries and was also conceptualized to utilize some of the gas flared in Nigeria for power generation in Ghana, Togo and Benin.
The 687 km pipeline, which cost an estimated 635 million U.S. dollars is expected to complement the West African Power Pool project, which plans to develop hydro facilities around the region.
According to Speaking Magbonde Leonce, Magbonde Leonce, Chief Operating Officer, West African Gas Pipeline Authority said the WAGP onshore pipeline running from Lagos in Nigeria to Takoradi Ghana had been completed.
He said the Takoradi reception facility had been completed to receive gas from WAGP and was ready to be commissioned in June 2008 before it was discovered that the gas contained water and other impurities and had to be processed to the required specification of WAGP.
Leonce said the gas supplied to WAGP was a combination of the production from Shell and Chevron.
He said it was the supply by Shell from its Otorogu plant that was wet, with a high a level of water and other impurities as compared to the dry gas provided by Chevron from its Escravos plant, which was the required specification.
"When we first mixed the gas from Chevron and Shell, we got 25 pounds per million btu. Shell has been working on a facility to improve the quality of its gas and that greatly reduced the impurity level. When we tested the mixture again at Itoki, it was good enough for WAGP."
Source:Xinhua
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