Bayelsa Partners US Energy Firm to Reduce Gas Flaring and Supply Power to Industries

The Bayelsa State Government has signed an agreement with United States-based energy company, Fulcrum LNG Incorporated, to develop a gas gathering and processing facility aimed at reducing gas flaring and supplying electricity to industries across the state.

The agreement was reached on Wednesday at the inaugural US-Nigeria Governors Government-to-Business Forum on Energy, Mining and Infrastructure held in Sugar Land, Texas, United States.

According to a statement by the Governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Alabrah, the project will be implemented in phases, beginning with the collection and commercialisation of gas currently being wasted through flaring.

The gas is expected to supply Bayelsa’s Independent Power Plant and emerging industrial clusters, while the second phase will focus on broader gas monetisation and development of the state’s gas reserves.

Speaking after a meeting with Governor Douye Diri, Fulcrum LNG Chief Executive Officer, Jesus Bronchalo, said the company would conduct field assessments of gas flare sites across the state to determine the required technology and infrastructure.

He explained that the assessment would establish the scale and locations of gas flaring and determine whether the problem was caused by inadequate gas transportation infrastructure or insufficient reinjection capacity.