Chevron Nigeria Limited has announced the resumption of the production of Liquefied Petroleum Gas from its Escravos Terminal.
A company spokesman told our correspondent in Lagos that the gas production resumed in July 2007, after almost four months suspension.
LPG production at the terminal was restored at 5,500 barrels per day on July 3, 2007.
The company said in an e-mailed response to our enquiries, �LPG production was suspended in March 2007, to facilitate Escravos Gas Plant and LPG FSO modifications and maintenance.�
CNL explained that the shutdown was planned to install various piping tie-ins in preparation for the Escravos Gas Project 3 expansion project.
EGP 3, expected to come on stream in 2009, is planned to significantly increase LPG production levels.
Chevron disclosed that the resumption of LPG production was earlier scheduled for May, but was suspended due to increased hostilities and abduction of oil workers in the Niger Delta.
It said, �Upon completing the planned shutdown work scope, efforts were underway to restore LPG production in May 2007, however, Chevron suspended production along with other offshore activities in response to hostage taking incidents involving its offshore operations in Delta and Bayelsa states.�
However, the LPG produced is not for the local market, but is being exported to the United States.
According to Chevron, �Since LPG production was restored, Chevron has begun marketing its equity share of LPG production through the LPG Supply and Trading Group based in Houston, Texas.�
CNL began exporting of LPG from the Escravos Terminal in September 1997.
The export vessel, Berge Spirit departed from Escravos loaded with 30,000 metric tonnes of LPG bound for Houston.
The customer for the cargo was identified as, NGC Global Liquids Inc, a Houston-based company in which Chevron holds an interest.
The Escravos Gas Project, a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, produces over 8,000 barrels of LPG and natural gas liquids per day.
It also produces 145million standard cubic feet of dry gas and 2,000 barrels of condensate per day.
The dry gas is sold to the Nigerian Gas Company for industry end-users, while the condensate is fed back into the joint venture�s crude oil production at the Escravos Tank Farm.
The NNPC and Chevron hold 60 per cent and 40 per cent interest respectively in the EGP, Nigeria�s first associated gas project.
The Escravos project currently processes 185million standard cubic feet of associated gas from the Okan and Mefa Fields west of the Niger Delta.
Chevron Nigeria Limited has announced the resumption of the production of Liquefied Petroleum Gas from its Escravos Terminal.
A company spokesman told our correspondent in Lagos that the gas production resumed in July 2007, after almost four months suspension.
LPG production at the terminal was restored at 5,500 barrels per day on July 3, 2007.
The company said in an e-mailed response to our enquiries, �LPG production was suspended in March 2007, to facilitate Escravos Gas Plant and LPG FSO modifications and maintenance.�
CNL explained that the shutdown was planned to install various piping tie-ins in preparation for the Escravos Gas Project 3 expansion project.
EGP 3, expected to come on stream in 2009, is planned to significantly increase LPG production levels.
Chevron disclosed that the resumption of LPG production was earlier scheduled for May, but was suspended due to increased hostilities and abduction of oil workers in the Niger Delta.
It said, �Upon completing the planned shutdown work scope, efforts were underway to restore LPG production in May 2007, however, Chevron suspended production along with other offshore activities in response to hostage taking incidents involving its offshore operations in Delta and Bayelsa states.�
However, the LPG produced is not for the local market, but is being exported to the United States.
According to Chevron, �Since LPG production was restored, Chevron has begun marketing its equity share of LPG production through the LPG Supply and Trading Group based in Houston, Texas.�
CNL began exporting of LPG from the Escravos Terminal in September 1997.
The export vessel, Berge Spirit departed from Escravos loaded with 30,000 metric tonnes of LPG bound for Houston.
The customer for the cargo was identified as, NGC Global Liquids Inc, a Houston-based company in which Chevron holds an interest.
The Escravos Gas Project, a joint venture with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, produces over 8,000 barrels of LPG and natural gas liquids per day.
It also produces 145million standard cubic feet of dry gas and 2,000 barrels of condensate per day.
The dry gas is sold to the Nigerian Gas Company for industry end-users, while the condensate is fed back into the joint venture�s crude oil production at the Escravos Tank Farm.
The NNPC and Chevron hold 60 per cent and 40 per cent interest respectively in the EGP, Nigeria�s first associated gas project.
The Escravos project currently processes 185million standard cubic feet of associated gas from the Okan and Mefa Fields west of the Niger Delta.