Nigerian Government investigates possible gas deposits in Enugu
The Federal Government, experts and operators in the oil sector [bctt tweet=”Operators are investigating the possibility of gas deposits in Enugu State, particularly around the vicinity of Caritas University.” username=”voiceofnigeria”]
This follows the fire incident that raged for about three weeks from a gas reservoir in the institution.
Also, the government announced that it had embarked on a survey of hydrocarbon deposits across the country, as officials of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, (NUPRC) an agency of the Federal Government stated that the fire from the gas reservoir at Caritas suddenly stopped on its own.
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The fire at the reservoir erupted on May 22, 2022, after workers who were drilling a borehole in the area noticed a gas leak from the site, which was discovered not to have erupted from a gas pipeline.
The Chief Executive Officer, NUPRC, Gbenga Komolafe, told journalists that investigations were ongoing at the site to ascertain the level of deposits in the reservoir.
He also stated that other states in Nigeria were being surveyed for hydrocarbon deposits as well, adding that this was being done by the Federal Government through the commission, its partner agencies and experts.
Responding to a question on whether investigations were ongoing to determine the country’s hydrocarbon deposits, Komolafe, who was represented by the Owerri Zonal Coordinator, NUPRC, Enorense Amadasu, said, “Yes, that is presently being done.
“The whole of Niger Delta has been covered by survey, some parts of the North-East, North-Central, North-West and also parts of the Anambra Basin, among others.”
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