Escravos Gas to Liquids Plant

Built to the south of Warri, Delta State - the Escravos Gas to Liquid Plant generates liquid fuel from natural gas.

Key Details

Pre-Feasibility Study: 1998

Frond End Engineering and Design: 2002

Construction Award: 2005

Plant Startup and Operaton: 2014

Capacity: 34,000 bpd of synfuel (naptha and diesel)

Technology Suite: Fischer Tropsch and Chevron ISOCRACKING

Feed Volume: 325 MMSCFD

Construction Contractor: JGC, KBR, Snamprogetti

Operator: Chevron Nigeria Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Company, Sasol

Starting from Warri, go east past the Forcados River. In about another 40 miles, you'll meet the Escravos River. It will eventually empty into the Bight of Benin. "Escravos" named by the Portuguese, means slaves. This was a major route in bringing Africans from the interior to the trafficked abroad.

The economic value of the river is persistent, as it is the location of the Escravos Gas to Liquid Plant. The major importance of which, utilized Fischer Tropsch synthesis to tranform Nigeria's amply natural gas resources into liquid fuel. 

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