Firm Kicks Off Construction Of Gas Distribution Infrastructure At Lagos Free Zone

AFIRM, Optimera Energy LFZ Enterprise (“Optimera Energy”), one of Nigeria’s leading integrated energy solutions providers, has flagged off the construction of infrastructure at the Lagos Free Zone to distribute Natural Gas to companies operating within the Zone.

Optimera Energy is a consortium made up of Falcon Corporation Limited, a leading indigenous and integrated gas value chain company with expertise in delivering world- class energy solutions across the midstream and downstream sectors of the industry; FHN Gas Limited and ND

Western Midstream Limited, which are affiliates of upstream companies with combined gas reserves of over 4Tcf, currently producing over 350Mmscf/ d into the Nigerian domestic gas market.

Speaking during the groundbreaking ceremony held at the zone recently, the Managing Director, Mrs. Audrey Joe- Ezigbo, disclosed that the infrastructure is comprised of a 25MMSCF/ D City Gate Station, scalable to 100MMSCF/ D, together with necessary ancillary infrastructure which includes 10km distribution lines within the zone as well as a gas pipeline from the Escravos – Lagos Pipeline System tie- in point in the Lekki corridor outside the zone to Optimera City Gate Station at the Lagos Free zone.

Joe- Ezigbo explained that Optimera Energy signed a 20- year Gas Infrastructure Development Agreement ( GIDA) with the Lagos Free Zone Company ( LFZC) to connect off- takers to our gas distribution infrastructure within the zone.

“The LFZC has invested over $ 2.5b in building a worldclass facility integrated with Lekki Deep Seaport in the Zone, and we are excited to be part of this infrastructural development in our nation, Nigeria.