The 252 megawatt-capacity GbarainUbie
power plant being built by the Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC)
under the National Integrated Power Project (NIPP) would be ready for
commissioning by the end of first quarter 2017, the Managing Director of
NDPHC, Mr. Chiedu Ugbo has said.
Ugbo said recently during the
inauguration of the presidential initiative on solar homes systems in
Wuna Village Gwagwalad Abuja, that the completion and commissioning of
the plant would add additional 252MW to Nigeria’s generation capacity.
Work on the plant which has Rockson
Engineering as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)
contractor has stalled for a long time now.
But speaking to the Vice President,
YemiOsinbajo at the event, Ugbo said: “Your Excellency, strategies are
also in place to complete the second unit of the Gbarain power station
in Bayelsa State before the end of this quarter. This will add 225MW to
the grid.”
“In November last year, the Honorable
Minister of Power, Works and Housing, commissioned the 12-circuit
Ikot-Ekpene 330KVA Switching Station and the associated transmissions
lines with a total of about 285KM completed by our new management. These
projects are now assisting in evacuating into the national grid,
electricity hitherto stranded in the Eastern Delta,” he added.
Also, arrangements for gas supply to the plant may have been taken care of with a pledge by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) that it would solely supply gas to the 252MW gas turbine power station.
Also, arrangements for gas supply to the plant may have been taken care of with a pledge by Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) that it would solely supply gas to the 252MW gas turbine power station.
In a 2015 paper titled: ‘Shell in
Nigeria: Unlocking Nigeria Energy Potential,’ SPDC stated that it would
single-handedly supply gas to the 225MW Gbarain power plant.
It said in the paper: “Shell will be the sole supplier of a new 225 megawatts power plant being built in Gbarain by the Federal Government under the Nigerian Independent Power Project.
“In 2010, SPDC began producing from the Gbarain-Ubie integrated oil and gas plant in Bayelsa State. Gbarain is designed to process one billion standard cubic feet of gas per day. In addition to supplying gas to the Nigerian Liquefied Gas (NLNG), Shell also supplies gas to the Bayelsa State power plant at Imiring.”
It said in the paper: “Shell will be the sole supplier of a new 225 megawatts power plant being built in Gbarain by the Federal Government under the Nigerian Independent Power Project.
“In 2010, SPDC began producing from the Gbarain-Ubie integrated oil and gas plant in Bayelsa State. Gbarain is designed to process one billion standard cubic feet of gas per day. In addition to supplying gas to the Nigerian Liquefied Gas (NLNG), Shell also supplies gas to the Bayelsa State power plant at Imiring.”
The paper further indicated that the
GbarainUbie plant was helping SPDC reduce flaring of associated gas from
nearby gas fields, thus contributing to its wider flares reduction
programme.
“The GbairanUbie project has created a legacy of skills and capacity in complex gas projects, which will be vital in meeting Nigeria’s electricity supply challenges in the years ahead,” it added in the paper.
“The GbairanUbie project has created a legacy of skills and capacity in complex gas projects, which will be vital in meeting Nigeria’s electricity supply challenges in the years ahead,” it added in the paper.
by ChinemeOkafor in Abuja
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