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The restoration of operations at the Shell Afam VI producing station, an
essential component of thermal power generation in the country, has added
300 megawatts (MW) of electricity back to the national grid.
Awele Okigbo, head, media and interactions, Presidential Job Force on
Power (PTFP), in a declaration stated the complete power generation degree
in the nation was elevated to 3,248 MW last Thursday.
It would certainly be remembered that the Afam VI experienced a cutback in
power generation on Saturday, August 9 as a result of the hooliganism and
bunkering of crude oil pipes which had an effect on the disposal of
liquids from gas procedures.
Okigbo pointed out that Beks Dagogo-Jack, chairman of FTFP, applauded the
patriotic zeal with which Shell Petroleum Development Firm worked round
the harbor to repair the damage and resume manufacturing within a brief
turn-around time.
He likewise strongly condemned these acts of criminal damage and bunkering
and the effect it has on Nigeria's electrical power industry, the
declaration noted.
"It is high time these mischief-makers and bunkerers understood that they
are diving Nigeria into night. Their activities have a deleterious effect
on the economic climate," the declaration quoted Dagogo-Jack as stating.
Following the damage of the pipelines, the nation experienced a drop in
power provision to about 2,628.6 MW as a result of persistent subversion of
the pipes in the eastern center pipeline network.
Three power terminals in the East Afam IV, Afam VI, and Rivers Independent
Nuclear power plant (IPP) were closed down as a result of gas restrictions
arising from condensate issue on the Trans Niger Pipe (TNP), putting
overall generation eliminated from the terminals at 624MW.
The resultant reduced degree generation necessitated a nation vast lots
dropping.
The Olorunsogo power station was additionally down because of reduced gas
stress as an outcome of which 89MW of power was shed while reduced head
water altitude was also restricting generation at Kainji and Jebba hydro
terminals to one system each, according to Chinedu Nebo, power minister,
adding that the Federal government was addressing the severe
cracks in the gas supply stations in the Eastern component of the nation.
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