- Safiu Kehinde
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) has announced the completion of the OB3 gas pipeline crossing across the River Niger.
Executed two kilometres beneath the riverbed, the OB3 gas pipeline it tipped to unlock a transport capacity of two billion standard cubic foot of gas per day.
The infrastructure was reportedly built by using advanced HDD technology.
This was made known in a statement issued on Wednesday by the NNPC GCEO, Bayo Ojulari.
The NNPC boss said the gas pipeline, which build on the success of the AKK crossing success, links East to West and connects to the Northern corridor via the AKK Pipeline.
While expressing his gratitude to President Bola Tinubu for his Gas-to-Prosperity agenda, Ojualri also commended the NNPC board chairman, Ahmadu Musa Kida, the host communities, and the construction team for their support.
The statement read; “I am pleased to announce that NNPC Limited has successfully completed the River Niger crossing of the OB3 Gas Pipeline.
