石油设备网讯 据普氏能源资讯拉各斯5月14日消息称，壳牌周一晚些时候表示，计划从尼日利亚东南部的油田日产6亿立方英尺天然气，这将提振这个石油资源丰富的西非产油国的能源供应。
据壳牌公司称，Imo州Assa North和Ohaji South天然气项目的开发将产生相当于2400兆瓦的能源，足以为240万户家庭提供不间断电力。
壳牌尼日利亚石油开发公司的董事总经理Osagie Okunbor表示：“随着我们寻求扩大国内天然气市场，这些项目将成为尼日利亚追求能源充足和经济增长的重大转折点。”
他补充说:“壳牌正在转型为一家以天然气为主导的企业，目前约占尼日利亚国内天然气的10%，其中大部分用于发电。”
壳牌正在与尼日利亚国家石油公司和当地生产商Seplat Petroleum合作开发这些项目。
Assa North项目在2月份获得了最终投资决定，而Ohaji South项目在3月份获得了FID。
尼日利亚的目标是将天然气日产量从目前的约15亿立方英尺提高到约70亿立方英尺。
由于缺乏利用天然气的基础设施，该国燃烧了大量天然气和原油，这些天然气大多产自尼日尔三角洲的陆上油田，这对健康造成了危害，也是社区与石油公司之间产生摩擦的主要原因之一。
曹海斌 摘译自 Platts
原文如下：
Shell targets 600 MMcf/day gas output from new Nigerian projects
Shell aims to produce 600 MMcf/day of natural gas from fields in southeast Nigeria that will bolster energy supply in the oil-rich West African country, the company said late Monday.
Development of the Assa North and Ohaji South gas projects in Imo state will generate energy equivalent of about 2,400 MW, enough to provide uninterrupted electricity to about 2.4 million homes, according to Shell.
"The projects would be a major game-changer in Nigeria's quest for energy sufficiency and economic growth as we look to grow the domestic gas market," said Osagie Okunbor, managing director at Shell Petroleum Development Co. of Nigeria.
"Shell is transforming to a gas-oriented business and currently accounts for about 10% of Nigeria's domestic gas, most of which is used for power generation," he added.
Shell is partnering Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. and indigenous producer Seplat Petroleum in the projects.
The Assa North project received a final investment decision in February, while Ohaji South got FID in March.
Nigeria aims to raise its gas production to about 7 Bcf/d from around 1.5 Bcf/d now.
The country burns off vast amounts of gas produced along with crude from mostly onshore oil fields in the Niger Delta, due to the lack of infrastructure to make use of it, creating a health hazard and one of the chief causes of friction between communities and oil companies.
