The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said the West African Gas Pipeline would be extended from Ghana to Ivory Coast as part of the Federal Government West African Energy Integration Policy.
The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, made this disclosure on Wednesday while receiving a delegation from Ivory Coast at the NNPC Towers in Abuja.
Represented by the Chief Operating Officer, Gas and Power, Engr. Saidu Mohammed, the GMD stated that the extension of WAGP to Cote d’Ivoire would facilitate easy transmission of gas within the West African sub-region.
Baru noted that the visit would afford the NNPC and Cote d’Ivoire the opportunity to open a new vista for further bilateral discussion which would lead to the growth and development of the oil and gas sector.
The GMD said Nigeria and indeed the NNPC has been into the business of oil and gas exploration and production for over fifty years, stressing that the interface would enable the NNPC to share its vast experiences in the sector with the delegation.
“Petroleum exploration and production dates back to over fifty years in Nigeria and a lot of experiences in technology and personnel management have been acquired. We are ready to share our experiences with you so as to help you to avoid the mistakes we made in the past,” Dr. Baru observed.
He expressed the readiness of the NNPC to develop the capacity of the delegation, adding that the NNPC was aware of the long history of refining in Cote d’ Ivoire.
The leader of the Ivorian delegation and Deputy Director, Production of the Ministry of Petroleum, Cote d’Ivoire, Patrick Marshal, said the visit was to learn from Nigeria some of its best practices in personnel management, exploration and production in the oil and gas industry.
Highpoint of the visit was a technical session on the mode of operations of the NNPC in the petroleum sector.
Trending
- Gbenga Daniel’s son: KFC denied me entry due to my disability
- Edo 2024: Accord Party affirms Iyere as governorship candidate
- EKEDC: In-fighting continues as Board, Chairman again issue contrary directives
- Woman arraigned for allegedly obtaining money by falsehood
- Lagos picks MoneyMaster as payment partner for ‘Ounje Eko’
- FG to arraign Binance, two others for alleged tax evasion
- Six Labour Party State Assembly members defect to PDP in Enugu
- Primate Ayodele knocks ex-Minister for encouraging negotiation with terrorists