OKECHUKWU NNODIM
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has said the contract for the award of the over $2.8bn trans-Nigeria gas pipeline project went through a bidding process that was advertised.
According to the oil firm, the two consortia, OilServe/Oando Consortium and Brentex/China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau Consortium, that recently signed contract agreements with the NNPC for the execution of the projects, were successful bidders at the end of the exercise.
Last week, the NNPC announced that arrangements were being concluded for the groundbreaking ceremony of the 40inch x 614km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano gas pipeline and stations in the weeks ahead.
It stated that contract agreements for the engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and financing for Lots 1&3 of the over $2.8bn project had been successful executed.
It also said measures had been put in place for the…
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