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Total E&P Nigeria Limited on Tuesday announced the completion of theconstructionofasectionofitsNorthernOptionPipeline,NOPLfromKilometre38atObigboinRiversState,toKilometre50atImoRiver.

The company said in a statement that with construction work completed onJanuary 12, the pipeline is now ready to convey gas to one of the NationalIntegratedPowerPlant,NIPPatAlaoji,alongtheImoRiverinAbiaState.

Managing Director of Total E&P Nigeria Limited, Elisabeth Proust, said theproject would help the Federal Government realise its aspiration of adequatesupplyofgastothepowerplantstofacilitateimprovedelectricitysupply.

ThismilestonewillhelpbringtorealitytheFederalGovernmentsaspirationofimprovedelectricpowersupply inNigeria,Mrs.Proustsaid. ItdemonstratesTotalscommitmenttomeetingitspromisestodeliverBetterEnergy.

TheNOPLisa24inchwide,50kmlongpipelinesystemunderconstructionbyTotal E&P Nigeria Limited on behalf of the Nigerian National Petroleum,NNPC/TEPNGJointVenture.

When completed later this year, Mrs. Proust said the project would deliverabout100millioncubicfeetofgasperdaytoAlaojipowerplant.

Inadequategassupply to thenewlybuiltpowerplantshasbeenanexcuse theFederalGovernmenthasalwaysgiven for thepoorelectricity in thecountry inrecenttimes.

.Toensureearlygassupplytopowerplants,theFederalGovernmenthadrequestedthemultinationaloilcompanies,includingTotalE&PNigeria,tocompletevariousgassupplyprojectstoresolvethesituation.

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ThesectionofthepipelinewherethelineconnectstoNigeriaGasCompany,NGC,facilitieswasvitalforconveyinggastotheAlaojiPowerPlant.

TotalNigeriasaidthisinterventionforearlygasrequiredthemobilizationofadditionalresourcestofasttrack theworks in order tomeet the deadline despite numerous changes associatedwith the difficultterrain.

The gas now being supplied to the Alaoji power plant during the interim period, the company said,would come from Seven Energy, while NGC would transport the gas through their pipeline and thesectionoftheNOPL.

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