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Nigeria plans to invest US$700m for Assa North-Ohaji South gas project

The Nigerian government has outlined plans to raise US$700m to be invested in the 4.3 tcf (120 bcm) Assa North/Ohaji South (ANOH) gas project in Imo State, Nigeria, which will be linked with a new 1,200 MW gas-fired power plant. The project will be jointly developed between Seplat Petroleum Development and the Nigerian state-run oil and gas company NNPC (Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation). First gas from the project is currently expected between the last quarter of 2019 and the first quarter of 2020. When fully developed, it is slated to deliver about 600 mcf/d (17 mcm/d or 6.2 bcm/year) to the national gas grid and it could later be expanded to about 1.2 bcf/d (34 mcm/d or 12.4 bcm/year).

Located in the oil mining lease (OML) 21, the field is operated by NNPC and its joint venture (JV) partners, namely Eni's affiliate Nigeria Agip Oil Company (NAOC) along with Shell and Total through their respective subsidiaries Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) and Total Exploration and Production Nigeria (TEPNG).

The ANOH project will help to boost Nigeria's natural gas production capacity and bridge the country's projected medium-term gas supply gap. It will also provide the linkage between the country's northern, eastern and western gas pipeline infrastructure systems.

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