Services

Oriashi River Development and Port Facility

  • This includes the dredging of the Oguta Lake / Oriashi River channel to the Atlantic Ocean.
  • The Oriashi River Development Project, when completed, will have sufficient depth to berth small to medium size vessels, and provide an evacuation corridor for processed gas and other related products processed and/or produced within the Oil & Gas Free Trade Zone.
  • This will also include port facilities, establishment of shipyard for vessel construction and maintenance, amongst others.

Petrochemical Plants and Oil Refinery

  • The petrochemical plant will use gas as a feedstock to produce fertilizers and other related products.
  • A large refinery of up to 100,000bpd will also be located in the Free Trade Zone, which is capable of producing refined petroleum products such as AGO,
    aviation fuel, and PMS, amongst others.

Mini LNG Plant

  • A mini liquified natural gas (LNG) plant with a sizeable capacity will be located within the Free Trade Zone area of Imo State to process both non- associated and associated gas that would otherwise have been flared.
  • The mini-LNG facility is to ensure a quicker construction period and ensure distribution of gas to customers outside of the existing pipeline network.

380MW Egbema Power Plant

  • The 380MW plant, is located in Egbema, Imo State, and adopts open-cycle gas turbines to generate power to provide energy for the industries to be located in the Oriashi zone as well as to other maximum demand users such as hospitals, tertiary educational institutions, amongst others.
  • The power plant is also expected to meet the needs of local power consumption in the surrounding areas as well as improve the overall electricity sector infrastructure in Imo State.

Methanol Plant

  • The methanol plant will be established to produce low-carbon intensity (“blue”) methanol. The blue methanol will be formed from natural gas using carbon capture technology to ensure a lower level of well-to-tank carbon dioxide emissions.
  • The plant will be situated on a barge in the Free Zone area of Imo State with a production capacity of up to 1.8mtpa. The barge will have internal storage and an offloading system to load offtake tankers in a side-by-side arrangement and ensure cost savings.

Oil & Gas Free Zone and Industrial Cluster

  • The Free Zone will cover 3 Local Government Areas n Imo State comprising Oguta, Ohaji/Egbeme, and Ngor Okpala measuring about 140,116 hectares of land area. The proposed Oriashi Special Energy Free Zone is expected to be home to multiple manufacturing and industrial ventures that will be situated within the zone.
  • The free trade zone will have an industrial cluster that will be powered by industrial gas fields both in proximity and within the zone.