Tuesday’s attack on Chevron’s gas line by militants in the Niger Delta has affected the flow of gas to some power plants, leading to a loss of about 500 to 600 megawatts of electricity, The Punchreports.
A source at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said that it was one of the lines transporting untreated gas from the fields to the Escravos gas plant that was attacked and not the export terminal line, as claimed by the militants. The NNPC source said, “This is going to affect power supply; the Chevron gas plant won’t be able to produce as much gas as it should as from Wednesday.”
“But the good thing is that Forcados is back, even though not fully. So, I expect that with Forcados being back, some of the gas plants will be back and this may neutralise the impact of the latest attack. So, there may be no serious noticeable drop in power supply if Forcados comes back fully by this weekend,” the source added.
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