Daga Bashir Bello, Abuja
Kamfanin NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company (NGIC), wanda mallakar NNPC Limited ne gaba ɗaya, ya kammala nasarar ketare Kogin Neja a kan bututun iskar gas na Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben (OB3) mai tsawon kilomita 130. Wannan nasara ta zama babban ci gaba wajen faɗaɗa hanyar sadarwar iskar gas ta ƙasa.
Nasarar ta buɗe cikakken damar OB3 Pipeline, muhimmin gini da aka tsara don jigilar har zuwa biliyan 2 na cubic feet na iskar gas a kowace rana. Wannan zai ƙarfafa samun iskar gas, inganta sahihancin samarwa, da hanzarta ci gaban tattalin arzikin ƙasa.
A cewar Sanarwan da Andy Odeh Jami’in Hulda da Jama’a na NNPC ya bayar, An aiwatar da aikin ne kusan kilomita 2 a ƙarƙashin gadon kogin Neja, inda ƙungiyar aikin NNPC tare da PCE Nig. Limited suka yi amfani da fasahar horizontal directional drilling (HDD).
Shugaban Kamfanin NNPC Limited, Injiniya Bashir Bayo Ojulari, ya bayyana wannan nasara a matsayin shaida ta tsari mai kyau da ƙwarewar fasaha. Ya ce: “Kammala ketare xKogin Neja a kan OB3 Pipeline babban ci gaba ne ga tsarin iskar gas na Najeriya kuma hujja ce ta yadda tsari mai kyau da jajircewa wajen aiki ke haifar da nasara. Mun shawo kan ɗaya daga cikin sassan aikin mafi wahala, wanda zai ƙara tabbatar da sahihancin iskar gas, ya zurfafa amfani a cikin gida, tare da tallafawa samar da wutar lantarki da bunƙasa masana’antu a fadin ƙasa.”
Injiniya Ojulari ya ƙara da cewa wannan nasara ta gina kan ƙwarewar injiniyoyi da aikin NNPC Limited, bayan nasarar ketare Kogin Neja a kan AKK Pipeline a watan Yuni 2025. Ya bayyana cewa nasarar ta samo asali ne daga tsauraran matakan gudanar da aiki, sabbin dabarun injiniya, da jajircewar ƙungiyoyi da PCE Nig. Limited.
Ya kuma gode wa Gwamnatin Tarayya ƙarƙashin jagorancin Shugaban Ƙasa Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, bisa goyon baya da manufofin Gas-to-Prosperity, tare da godiya ga kwamitin NNPC Limited ƙarƙashin jagorancin Injiniya Ahmadu Musa Kida.
Injiniya Ojulari ya jaddada cewa: “A NNPC Limited, mun kuduri aniyar sauya albarkatun man fetur da iskar gas na Najeriya zuwa ingantaccen rayuwa ga ‘yan ƙasa. Za mu ci gaba da haɗin gwiwa da abokanmu wajen aiwatar da ayyuka da za su faɗaɗa samun makamashi, ƙarfafa masana’antu, da inganta rayuwar ‘yan Najeriya.”
Ya yi godiya ga al’ummar yankin da suka ba da goyon baya, ma’aikatan NGIC bisa jajircewa, da PCE Nig. Limited bisa ƙwarewa da ƙoƙari, wanda ya kasance ginshiƙi wajen nasarar aikin.
Shugaban ya kuma nuna muhimmancin wannan nasara wajen cimma burin Gwamnatin Tarayya na samar da ganga miliyan 3 na man fetur a kowace rana da biliyan 12 na cubic feet na iskar gas a kowace rana nan da shekarar 2030. Nasarar ketare Kogin Neja ta tabbatar da haɗa yankunan samar da iskar gas da sauran sassan ƙasar.
OB3 Pipeline, mai ƙarfin jigilar biliyan 2 na cubic feet a kowace rana, shi ne ginshiƙin haɗa hanyar iskar gas ta Gabas da ta Yamma, tare da faɗaɗa haɗin kai zuwa Arewa ta hanyar AKK Pipeline. A nan gaba, nasarar ketare Kogin Neja za ta buɗe sama da miliyan 500 na cubic feet na ƙarin iskar gas don kasuwar cikin gida, wanda zai tallafa samar da wutar lantarki, bunƙasa masana’antu, da kuma samar da iskar gas ga kasuwar Yammacin Afirka.
