Post by Victor J Bassey, B.Eng

Seplat Energy is back in the headlines. The Nigerian independent has signed a long-term service agreement with Baker Hughes for its ANOH Gas Processing Company Limited (AGPC), a deal designed to safeguard the reliability and operational integrity of the critical gas facility in eastern Nigeria. Under the contract, Baker Hughes will serve as the primary lifecycle solutions provider for the plant’s heavy turbomachinery. The US-based energy technology firm was originally contracted by Anoh in 2019 to build and deliver the core machinery infrastructure. AGPC is a 50:50 incorporated joint venture between Seplat Energy Plc and the state-owned NNPC Limited. Notably, Seplat derives substantial financial value through a dual-channel model: selling raw wet gas from its upstream acreage (OML 53) to the plant, while also capturing 50% of midstream equity dividends as a joint owner. Originally conceived to feed directly into the Oben-Obiafu-Obrikom (OB3) pipeline network, the greenfield gas project has since opened a new route. Its current initial phase—300 mmcf/d, which achieved first gas on 16 January—now supplies processed gas to the Indorama Petrochemical Plant in Rivers State via an 11-km dedicated export pipeline. On 2 March, AGPC officially commenced supply to Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) through the newly constructed NGIC 23.3-km spur line, built by Oilserv Limited. The company handled the full Engineering, Procurement, Construction, Installation, and Commissioning (EPCIC) of the Assa manifold connection to the OB3 pipeline network. Do you think the Anoh gas processing company is one such infrastructure that Nigeria needs now? Repost if you find this post insightful🙏 #energy #nigeria #investment Image credit: AGPC