Nigeria Restores Gas Pipeline That Caused Nationwide Blackout
The Escravos-Lagos Pipeline that shut down after a fire, has been restored and gas supply to customers on the line including power generating companies resumed.
Gas pipeline.
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Nigeria:
Govt Restores Gas Supply to 6 Gencos
Daily Trust, 9 January 2018
The federal government said it has repaired and restored the western gas pipeline that supplies about six power Generation Companies (GenCos) producing about 3,100 megawatts (MW),… Read more »
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Nigeria:
1 Week After Fire - NNPC Restores Escravos-Lagos Pipeline, Resumes Gas Supply
Daily Trust, 8 January 2018
The Escravos-Lagos Pipeline (ELP) shut down last week after a fire, has been restored and gas supply to customers on the line including power generating companies resumed. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Power Generation Still At 3,600MW Despite Repair of Escravos-Lagos Pipeline
This Day, 9 January 2018
Despite the claim by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it has repaired the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) and resumed gas supply to power stations in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
NNPC Set to Begin Repairs On Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System
This Day, 8 January 2018
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is set to begin repairs on the burnt Excravos-Lagos Pipeline System, which disrupted gas supply to five power stations, THISDAY… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Power Supply - TCN, NNPC Set to Maintain Grid Stability, Gas Pipeline
Vanguard, 5 January 2018
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN and Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, have said they are working to restore power supply across the nation through… Read more »
InFocus
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The power ministry has blamed the outage on fire at a gas pipeline system which interrupted gas supply and affected the national transmission grid. Read more »