The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has launched Revision 2 of the Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code, which sets the rules for moving gas through the country’s shared pipeline network.
Authority Chief Executive Rabiu Umar announced the launch on Monday at the opening of the 20th Oil Trading and Logistics Africa Downstream Energy Week in Lagos, where the revised code was signed with industry partners.
The code governs how producers inject gas into shared pipelines, how volumes are measured and how shippers nominate quantities for transport. Umar said the revision gives shippers and transporters clearer rules as new infrastructure expands the network, including the Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano gas pipeline.
He said more shippers had joined the network since the first version of the code, with the volume imbalance on the western network falling by about 30 per cent. The revision also sets clearer rules on the shrinkage factor covering gas lost or used in transportation, which the authority says has been a source of losses and disputes.
The authority says the revised framework is aimed at widening pipeline access for gas suppliers to power plants and fertiliser producers, noting that the OB3 pipeline and an Escravos–Lagos pipeline compressor are nearing completion.
Sources: Punch; The Guardian
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