The Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System (ELPS) is a natural gas pipeline built in 1989 to supply gas from Escravos region of

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area to Egbin power station near Lagos in Nigeria. Subsequent spur lines from the ELP supply Delta power plant at

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, Warri Refining and Petrochemicals Company at Ekpan, Uvwie. The West African Portland Cement (WAPCO) Plants at Shagamu and Ewekoro, industries at Ikorodu, City Gate in lkeja Lagos. Since the NIPP power plants emerged, ELPS is the major gas supply artery to the power plants in Nigeria.

Sources of gas supply to pipeline

*The pipeline start at Escravos Gas Plant (EGP) operated by

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which has capacity. The EGP facilities deliver to the domestic gas market by Escravos–Lagos Pipeline. Part of is transferred from Escravos to West African Gas Pipeline. * Odidi gas plant operated by Neconde with actual capacity . * Utorogu gas plant operated by NNPC which has capacity , with ongoing upgrading to . * Oben gas plant operated by Seplat with capacity .

Technical description

The diameter of the main part of pipeline from

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Gas Treatment Plant to Egbin tee at PS4 near Lagos is . The diameter of the section from Escravos to Warri and from Egbin Tee to Alagbado Tee at PS5 is . The capacity of the pipeline is at

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and do not meet expected gas consumption demand.

Consumers

* Egbin power plant with demanded gas consumption about . * Ihovbor power plant with demanded gas consumption about . * Omotoscho I power plant with demanded gas consumption about . * Omotoscho II power plant with demanded gas consumption about . * Sapele power plant with demanded gas consumption about . By tee in Itoki: * Olorunsogo I power plant with demanded gas consumption about . * Olorunsogo II power plant with demanded gas consumption about . By tee to Oben - Geregu pipeline ELPS can supply also Geregu I and II power stations and Ajaokuta steel mills. ELPS carry also a volume of for

West African Gas Pipeline The West African Gas Pipeline (French: ''Gazoduc ouest-africain''; WAGP or GOA) is a natural gas pipeline to supply gas from Nigeria's Escravos region of the Niger Delta area to Benin, Togo and Ghana. It is the first regional natural gas transmi ...

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