Caption: The final presentation of the Gas Network Code attended by members of NNPC, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), the Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and representatives of international oil companies at Transcorp Hilton, Abuja on August 8th 2011.

Project: Nigerian National Gas Transportation Network Code (Phase 1)

Client: Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation

Date: August 2011

The Challenge

Nigeria’s Roadmap for Power Sector Reform indicates that achieving the target of 40,000 megawatts of power by 2020 will require investments (in fuel to power, generation, transmission, and distribution) of $10 billion for each of the next 10 years.

Successful operation of the domestic gas pipeline for the transportation of gas for power generation and domestic utilisation requires a set of rules setting forth the quantities and quality of gas which international oil companies will input into the pipeline and the quantities and quality of gas which users (including power plants) will be able to withdraw from the pipeline.

Our Contribution

Osprey Investments Group Limited and its technical partner, TPA Solutions, developed the Nigerian National Gas Transportation Network Code and delivered it to our client, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

A Gas Transportation Network Code is a set of rules regulating and controlling the operation of a gas pipeline. The Code is intended to be a contractual framework between transporters and network users that provides open competitive access to existing and future gas transportation infrastructure. The Gas Transportation Network Code is essential to the successful operation of Nigeria’s domestic gas transportation pipeline network.