Equipment delivered for CNG station in Nigeria — Premium Times Nigeria
In Akwa Ibom State in southern Nigeria, Nsik Oil & Gas Company Limited has received the first batch of equipment for a planned 10 million standard cubic feet per day compressed natural gas (CNG) mother station. The facility is planned to be built in the community of Uquo-Issi-Edokho, in the Esit Eket Local Government Area.
As Premium Times Nigeria reports, the equipment arrived on Wednesday night and Thursday morning. It was manufactured by the Chinese company CIMC. The shipment included four reciprocating compressors, drying and filtration systems, heat exchangers, and four generator sets.
Gas supply for a network of stations
Project consultant Mkposong Asuquo said that before the equipment was shipped, the project team and representatives of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) conducted factory acceptance tests in China. According to him, the equipment has already cleared customs and was delivered directly to the project site.
The mother station is intended not only to compress gas but also to supply it to a network of planned daughter stations in Akwa Ibom. The company has also ordered two trailers for transporting compressed gas. This arrangement is expected to provide CNG to motorists, industrial enterprises, and other consumers outside the community where the facility is located.
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Project within the gas programme
According to Asuquo, the site is located about 500 metres from Frontier Energy and three kilometres from Savannah Energy's Accugas facility, from which the project plans to receive gas feedstock. The project is a partnership between Nsik Oil & Gas and the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund, which is overseen by Nigeria's Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
Kufre Sam, special adviser on policy matters to the minister of state for petroleum resources, said the station is expected to supply gas to daughter facilities in all 10 federal constituencies of the state. According to him, expanding the network could make CNG more accessible to communities, businesses, and industry.
Nigeria's federal authorities are promoting the use of CNG in transport following the removal of the petrol subsidy. President Bola Tinubu had previously instructed the rollout of another 500 CNG filling stations, which is expected to increase the planned nationwide network to 1,000 stations. Land acquisition, preparatory and geotechnical work, an environmental impact assessment, design, regulatory procedures, and gas supply arrangements have already been completed at the Esit Eket site. Installation and commissioning of the equipment are expected to be the next stages.
