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NNPC, CMEC, GE pen 50MW Maiduguri emergency power deal

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), China Machinery Engineering Company (CMEC), and General Electric (GE), have signed a contract for a 50-Megawatt (MW) Emergency Power Project in Maiduguri.

The Corporation said the project is a significant step towards redeeming its pledge to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State.

The deal, which was signed on Tuesday, is for the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Equipment Procurement contracts for Emergency Power Project with the China Machinery Engineering Company (CMEC) as the EPC contractor, and General Electric (GE) the equipment manufacturer.    .

A statement by the new Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division, NNPC, Garba Deen Muhammad, said the project is an integral part of ongoing efforts to deepen the Corporation’s domestic gas utilization plan for the nation’s socio-economic growth.

NNPC is therefore seeking the cooperation of all stakeholders, especially GE and CMEC to ensure timely delivery of the single cycle by December 2021, and the combined cycle by first quarter of 2022.

The Group Managing Director, NNPC, Mele Kyari, was quoted as saying at the virtual ceremony that the Corporation through its subsidiary, NNPC Gas and Power Investment Company (NGPIC), decided to intervene in the Maiduguri power situation by undertaking the project which will be fired with Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and run commercially.

He said NNPC, as a state-owned oil company and enabler organization, is determined to boost power generation and supply to Nigerian homes through increased investment in gas-fired combined cycle power plants to produce at least 5Gigawatts (GW) additional power for the country.

“NNPC is therefore seeking the cooperation of all stakeholders, especially GE and CMEC to ensure timely delivery of the single cycle by December 2021, and the combined cycle by first quarter of 2022,” he said.

Vice President of GE Africa & Europe, Raisin Brice, expressed his company’s commitment to working with NNPC to achieve success in the Maiduguri Emergency Power Project, noting that GE would be tapping into its vast experience in the country to deliver on the project. 

Similarly, President of CMEC, Fang Yanshui, also committed to the timely delivery of the project.

As a mark of confidence in the Corporation, the contractors are said to have commenced the movement of vital equipment to site and started work on the project ahead of the formal signing of the contract.

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