Warren R. True
Chief Technology Editor-LNG/Gas Processing
ROME, Dec. 4 -- Under a new presidential administration, Nigeria plans to impose greater balance between domestic gas and export projects, said Fabiyka Amakiri, group general manager for LNG and power in Nigerian National Petroleum Corp., speaking before the 8th LNG Summit in Rome on Dec. 4.
These plans, she said, are based on an assumption of "developing the nation as a modern economy and an industrialized nation."
As the first step in that shift, the country will ramp up domestic power production. Gas-fired electric power generation will be expanded to nearly 15 Gw by 2012 from none in 2007. Gas use for power will expand to more than 6 bcfd by 2011.
Combined gas demand for power generation and domestic industrial use will grow to more than 12 bcfd by 2013 from less than 2 bcfd in 2007.
For export, said Amakiri, both by pipeline and LNG, gas demand will reach more than 11 bcfd by 2014 from only 4 bcfd in 2007. To meet this level, NLNG Train 7 will come on line in 2012; both Brass LNG Train 1 and OKLNG Trains 1-4 will start up in 2013. All will reach peak production of 11 bcfd in 2014.
Combined natural gas domestic and export demand will peak at more than 16 bcfd by 2013.
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