Project Profile
Value: US$1.5 billion
Location: To Bonny Export Terminal, Nigeria
Capacity: 180,000 barrels per day of crude oil
Start-up Year: -
The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) as operator of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)/SPDC joint venture (SPDC JV in which NNPC 55%, SPDC 30%, TOTAL 10%, NAOC 5%), has taken final investment decisions for the Trans Niger Pipeline loop-line (TNPL). The Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) is important for Nigeria, pumping some 180,000 barrels per day of crude oil to the Bonny Export Terminal and is part of the gas liquids evacuation infrastructure, critical for continued domestic power generation (Afam VI power plant) and liquefied gas exports.
Sections of the TNP have been heavily impacted by sabotage and crude oil theft. The design of the TNPL includes improvements which make the pipeline better protected against crude oil theft and sabotage, which should help to reduce pollution related to criminal activity which was a key aspect of a 2011 United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). The total capital investment for the TNPL project bundle is expected to be US$1.5 billion. The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC) is the operator of an unincorporated joint venture (SPDC JV) with the Nigerian state oil company NNPC, Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TOTAL) and Nigerian AGIP Oil Company Limited (NAOC).
Operators:
Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC): Operator with 30% interest
Nigerian state oil company NNPC: 55% interest
Total E&P Nigeria Limited (TOTAL): 10% interest
Nigerian AGIP Oil Company Limited (NAOC): 5% interest