Afam integrated oil and gas project

The Afam integrated gas and power project has increased Nigeria’s electricity generating capacity and gas supply by around 15-20%. The highly efficient Afam VI 650MW combined cycle power plant is now delivering power to the national grid, and helping supply homes and businesses.

It requires only two thirds of the gas needed by many of Nigeria’s existing power plants to generate each unit of electricity. Afam VI’s gas turbines generate up to 450MW of power. Waste heat from the plant is then used to generate a further 200 MW of very low emission electricity. The gas comes from the newly built Okoloma plant, capable of processing 240 million cubic feet of gas each day from the Okoloma field.

The project is the largest of its kind in the country, where many people lack access to power and electricity shortages are common. The plant will offer consumers more reliable electricity supplies and a cleaner low-emission alternative to the diesel and petrol generators that are widely used when blackouts occur.

At its peak the project employed 3,000 local construction workers and Nigerians made up 95% of the labour force. The project also connected 16 local communities near the plant to the electricity grid for the first time.