Source: The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has said it is expanding and integrating gas pipeline networks in the country to meet the unprecedented demand of the substance. The Group Managing Director of NNPC, Mallam Mele Kyari, who was represented at an event by the Managing Director, National Engineering and Technical Company (NETCO), Mrs. Kate Iheme, said the corporation remains the chief enabler of the Nigerian economy. He said with ongoing reforms, the NNPC was focused on transforming from a traditional oil and gas entity into an integrated energy outfit with interest in power generation and transmission. Kyari said: "It is common knowledge that NNPC is expanding and integrating gas pipeline network systems to meet the unprecedented domestic gas demand nationwide. "Towards this end, significant progress has been recorded in the execution of some key on-going gas pipeline infrastructure projects like the Escravos Lagos Pipelines System (ELPs II) and the 0B3, among other gas infrastructure projects. Az"Before now, the corporation had also completed the repair of the vandalized 20-inch ELPS-A pipeline, thereby ensuring gas supply to gas-fired power plants and also supply into the West African Gas Pipeline." The GMD added that the NNPC downstream entities namely, the Petroleum Products Marketing Company (PPMC), the Nigerian Pipelines and Storage Company (NPSC), NNPC Retail and NNPC Shipping, had also enhanced petroleum products supply and distribution nationwide. "The result is a sanitized fuel supply and distribution network which has thus far banished the ugly episodes of petroleum products scarcity and snaky fuel queues across the country. "With reliable fuel supply system emplaced, commuters, businesses, transporters, and other stakeholders can now engage in fruitful commercial endeavors without the perennial monster of fuel scarcity.
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