$2.8bn AKK Gas Pipeline: NNPCL announces new date for completion

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPCL, has announced a new date for the completion of Nigeria’s $2.8 billion Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano gas pipeline project being constructed by Oilserv Limited.

Recall that Oritsemiyiwa Eyesan, executive vice president, Upstream, NNPC, in November 2023, had said that the project would be ready for commissioning in December 2023.

However, on Thursday, Mele Kyari, the Group Chief Executive Officer, GCEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) said that the project’s completion date is now December 2024.

Kyari disclosed this while delivering an address at the 2024 Society of Petroleum Engineers, SPE Oloibiri Lecture Series & Energy Forum, OLEF, in Abuja.

“We are committed to developing gas infrastructure across the country. We are dedicated to investing in critical infrastructure to enhance economic prosperity by supplying gas to the domestic market, targeting at least 8 billion cubic meters,” he said.

Recall that the AKK 614 km-long gas pipeline project was commissioned in July 2020.

The project, when completed, is expected to ease natural gas transportation from Ajaokuta in Kogi State to Kano through several states.