The Kwale Gas Gathering Hub, located in Kwale, Delta State, won the Regional Gas Award for Africa from the International Gas Union at the recent World Gas Conference held in Beijing, China.

KGG Hub was honoured for offering a commercial solution in eliminating flare gas at oil production hubs in the OML 56 cluster area of Delta State.

According to a statement made available to our correspondent, the Chief Executive Officer of Xenergi Limited, a Nigerian gas-processing company, Mr Emeka Ene, received the award on behalf of the team that developed the technical submission, comprising Emeka Ene, Debo Fagbami, Kingsley Idedevbo, James Ogunleye, and Sahhed Hammed.

Upon receiving the award, Ene recognised and commended the multidisciplinary technical team that delivered the project and appreciated the Nigerian government and its agencies in the petroleum industry for providing the enabling environment for indigenous companies to demonstrate their various capabilities in resolving the petroleum industry’s operating challenges.

The KGG facility was designed to handle stranded gas resources in Nigeria’s OML56 operating cluster by providing an open-access processing opportunity for independent operators in the area to monetise natural gas from their fields through the KGG’s quick-to-market gas gathering, compression, injection, and metering infrastructure.

It has a processing capacity of 300 million standard cubic feet of gas per day (mmscf/d), contributing to the country’s domestic gas supply, driving economic growth, eliminating flares at oil production sites, boosting operating income for players, and addressing environmental pollution.

The KGG Hub has been tied into the 48-inch OB-3 gas trunk line owned and operated by the Nigerian Gas Infrastructure Company of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited.