“The selected companies are further expected to merge into about three consortiums to develop Nigeria’s gas master plan,” NNPC spokesman, Levi Ajuonuma said. “Their representatives are now in Abuja meeting with petroleum ministry officials.”
Exploitation of Nigeria’s gas reserves has been held up by the lack of essential infrastructure. The nation is planning to invest $30 billion building domestic processing and transmission facilities to send gas across the Sahara Desert by pipeline to Europe, as said by the country’s petroleum ministry.
The 15 companies named were selected from a list of 48 companies that articulated interest, the Petroleum Minister of State Odein Ajumogobia said.
