The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) delivered a total of 8,362 million standard cubic feet daily (mmscfd) of gas to about 24 gas-fired power plants in 2015, Daily Trust reports.
The figures are contained in the corporation’s financial and operations report for 2015. Analysis of the report released recently showed that over 75 per cent of the electricity consumed last year was produced by gas-fired plants. The total supply resulted in an average of 694mmscfd gas for the generation of 2,957mw all through the year.
It showed that the month of August 2015 had the highest gas supply to the power plants as about 812 mmscfd gas was supplied to produce 3,472mw.
Source: Energy Mix Report News
