Gwamnatin tarayyar Najeriya ta yi muamala da kamfanin Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Shell, TotalEnergies, da Agip, domin samun gas ga wata masana’antar methanol da dala biliyan 3.3. Mukalar din ya samu ikon gama a ranar Juma’a a Abuja, bayan shekaru tara da aikin ya fara bayyana.
Ministan jihar na mai na gas, Ekperikpe Ekpo, ya ce sanya hannu a kan mukalar din ya nuna ‘muhimmin milki a cikin yunkurin da ake yi na kawar da amfani da gas din Najeriya.’ Yarjejeniyar siyar da gas za ta ba Brass Fertilizer & Petrochemical Co. Ltd da abokan huldar ta damar ci gaba da gina aikin da dala biliyan 3.3.
Najeriya, wacce ita ce babbar ƙasa da ke samar da man fetur a Afirka, tana neman rage dogaro da man fetur ta hanyar haka kara yin iƙirarin a cikin albarkatun gas din ta wanda ake kiyasta ya kai triliyan 200 cubic feet. Yawancin fitar da gas a ƙasar an yi ta hanyar flare ko kuma a dawo cikin rami.
Kamfanin NNPC da abokan huldar sa za samar da kusan 270 million standard cubic feet of gas kowace rana ga aikin da ke Brass Island a jihar Bayelsa, kudu maso gabashin Najeriya. Gwamnatin Najeriya ta yi hasashen cewa aikin zai samar da kudaden shiga na fiye da dala biliyan 1.5 kowace shekara daga fitar da abubuwan sunadarai, petrochemicals, da sauran samfuran da aka samar daga gas.
