The Sun: Power generation: Nigeria needs 70% gas supply

Nigeria will require about 70 percent of gas produced tmeet her power supply need. Minister of Power, Mr. Chinedu Nebo stated this in Lagos yesterday at the pre-conference workshop of the 32nd Annual International Conference and Exhibition of the Nigerian Association of Petroleum Explorationist (NAPE) with the theme ‘‘Driving an Executable Gas Flare-out agenda for Nigeria’s Oil and Gas Industry’’.

The Minister explained that with the number of households in Nigeria put at 29million,at an average consumption of 1MW for some 500 homes,a maturing Electricity Supply Industry in Nigeria should be producing some 60GW of power for household consumption everyday.

Nebo who was represented by his Senior Special Assistant on Gas and Power, Mr. Frank Edozie, said, of these, some 42 GW should be fuelled by gas.

‘‘Today, Nigeria’s daily power output is some 4 GW of power of which some 3.1 GW is fuelled by about 880MMscf/d. The opportunity for gas fuelled IPPs therefore stands at roughly 39 GW for which about 11Bcf/d of gas will be required.
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