Nigeria’s state oil company NNPC Ltd reported that on December 10, an explosion at its major Escravos-Lagos gas pipeline had affected the operations and had led to an emergency response.
The company said late Thursday that the blast was in the coastal Delta state around the Tebijor, Okpele, and Ikpopo communities. Preliminary tests indicated a decrease in pressure, which was in line with loss of containment of the pipeline, NNBC said.
NNPC executes containment measures after Escravos-Lagos pipeline explosion
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited says coordinated containment measures have been successfully executed at the site of the Escravos-Lagos pipeline explosion.
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The firm failed to provide information about the level of the damage or the victims.
The Escravos-Lagos pipeline, which has the capacity to pump 2.2 billion cubic feet per day, is a significant portion of the Nigerian gas network, supplying power plants and industrial consumers in the southwest.
Power outages consistently cause apprehensions about power provision in the most populous nation in Africa, which depends on gas-generated power.
Although it is not evident what caused the incident, NNPC indicated that investigations are in progress. It said that emergency response teams have been deployed and NNPC is collaborating with authorities and local leaders in order to simplify mitigation efforts.
