$2.8 billion AKK gas pipeline project to be completed by 2023 – NNPC

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC) has revealed that the $2.8 billion Ajaokuta, Kaduna and Kano (AKK) gas pipeline project is expected to be completed by the first quarter of 2023.

This was disclosed by Mele Kyari, Group Managing Director, NNPC on Thursday during an inspection of the AKK gas project site at Abaji, Abuja along with some NNPC Board members, and some officials of  Oilserv Ltd., among others, according to NAN.

AKK will transport gas through 614 kilometres pipeline from Ajaokuta through several states and urban centres in Nigeria and also will make up part of the Trans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline (TNGP) and the Trans Saharan gas pipeline project