Oghareki power station
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Oghareki power station is an announced power station in Oghara, Ethiope West, Delta, Nigeria. It is also known as Oghara IPP, Delta State IPP.
Location
Table 1: Project-level location details
| Plant name | Location | Coordinates (WGS 84) |
|---|---|---|
| Oghareki power station | Oghara, Ethiope West, Delta, Nigeria | 5.94858, 5.72064 (approximate)[1] |
The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.
Project Details
Table 2: Unit-level details
| Unit name | Status | Fuel(s) | Capacity (MW) | Technology | CHP | Start year | Retired year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | announced[2] | gas, diesel[3] | 100[4] | gas turbine[4] | not found | 2032[5] | – |
| Unit 2 | announced[2] | gas, diesel[3] | 100[4] | gas turbine[4] | not found | 2032[5] | – |
| Unit 3 | announced[2] | gas, diesel[3] | 100[4] | gas turbine[4] | not found | 2032[5] | – |
| Unit 4 | announced[2] | gas, diesel[3] | 100[4] | gas turbine[4] | not found | 2032[5] | – |
| Unit 5 | announced[2] | gas, diesel[3] | 100[4] | gas turbine[4] | not found | 2032[5] | – |
CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.
Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details
| Unit name | Owner | Parent |
|---|---|---|
| Unit 1 | Delta State Ministry of Power[6] | Delta State Ministry of Power [100.0%] |
| Unit 2 | Delta State Ministry of Power[6] | Delta State Ministry of Power [100.0%] |
| Unit 3 | Delta State Ministry of Power[6] | Delta State Ministry of Power [100.0%] |
| Unit 4 | Delta State Ministry of Power[6] | Delta State Ministry of Power [100.0%] |
| Unit 5 | Delta State Ministry of Power[6] | Delta State Ministry of Power [100.0%] |
Background
The project contract for the "acquisition and installation of two Open Cycle Rolls Royce Trent 60wle phase 111 Gas Turbine generators capable of being fired by natural gas and diesel oil"[7] was awarded to Davnotch Nigeria in 2009,[8][9] and one of its owners, Assemblyman Victor Ochei, was almost immediately accused of corruption,[10] along with partners Rolls Royce and PS Engineering Ltd.[11]
Accusations by Delta State stakeholders of slow-going on construction and possible criminal activity resulted in a written defense of the project by Davnotch management, saying that they expect the turbines to be shipped in August 2011 and that you can't work in the Niger Delta rainy season. They ended with a flourish:
- "IF BUILDING A POWER PLANT IS THAT EASY OUR COUNTRY WOULD HAVE SOLVED HER POWER PROBLEMS A LONG TIME AGO ..."[12]
In 2012, one reason given for the delay in completing the project was the government did not adequately provide for a gas pipeline to bring natural gas to fuel the power station.[13]
In early 2015, fire burned the warehouse that stored the turbines purchased for the project, which were offsite in the town of Oghara.[14] Later that year, Vanguard called the project "abandoned" by Davnotch, reporting that:
- "... weeds had overtaken the project site deserted for about a year now. The premises lay idle. The cabins, which served as temporary offices, were under lock and key, while the warehouses were principally unfinished."[15]
A visit by the five-member Delta State House of Assembly Ad Hoc Committee investigating the project a few months later found only a perimeter fence, three buildings, a gantry, and an unpaid guard.[16]
In 2016, Davnotch Ltd sued the Delta state government for debts owed to it, while the government had decided to put the project up for sale.[17]
Also in 2016, the project became embroiled in an investigation by Britain’s Serious Fraud Office into Rolls Royce's activities with a Nigerian power plant company. Rolls Royce sold the Nigerian company in 2014. Financial Times reported:
- "The SFO Nigeria investigation is examining whether Rolls-Royce and its agents were involved in any bribery of government officials up to the year 2013 in connection with energy tenders in the country and a Nigerian company called PSL Engineering & Control, people familiar with the situation said."[9]
In 2017, the governor of Delta State said the government needed more funds to connect the turbines to a gas pipeline to finish the project.[18]
In 2018, a youth group, Empowerment for Unemployed Youth Initiative, petitioned Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to reopen a probe into the abandoned project.[19]
In 2020, a reporter from the International Centre for Investigative Reporting observed "three uncompleted buildings, a gantry and an access road constructed by Levant Construction Company...devoid of human activities...deserted and overtaken by weeds." Reportedly, the turbines were delivered to the site but remain untouched in a rented warehouse.[7]
In 2021, Energy Central reported that "Delta state IPP [is] expected by 2032 will generate an extra 500MW."[20] The units are also listed as proposed in the 2017 Transmission Expansion Plan Development of Power System Master Plan for the Transmission Company of Nigeria[21]
Articles and Resources
References
- ↑ https://www.google.com/maps/place/5%C2%B056'54.9%22N+5%C2%B043'14.3%22E/@5.94858535.718451317z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x4c0c7b4dc6f3af16!8m2!3d5.94858!4d5.72064.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20221221000012/http://guardian.ng/news/delta-needs-n20b-to-complete-power-project-says-okowa/. Archived from the original on 21 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 https://www.africanpowerplatform.org/resources/power-projects/user-item/728-admin/314-oghareki-powerplant.html.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.6 4.7 4.8 4.9 (PDF) https://web.archive.org/web/20220531131035/https://tcnpmu.ng/pmu_assets/pmu_files/2018/02/Final-Report-Text.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20220528032749/https://energycentral.com/news/power-expansion-nigeria-add-6-coal-plants-2037. Archived from the original on 28 May 2022.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 https://web.archive.org/web/20101101202923/http://www.pciaonline.org:80/node/186. Archived from the original on 01 November 2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|archive-date=(help); Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ 7.0 7.1 "How Delta State Government spent over N20bn on two IPP projects that are yet to generate power". International Centre for investigative Reporting. December 1, 2020. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ James Burton, [1], The Daily Mail, May 19, 2016
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Michael Peel, Peggy Hollinger and Caroline Binham, Rolls-Royce faces Nigeria corruption probe, Financial Times, May 18 2016
- ↑ Another Ibori? Group Accuses Delta State legislator Victor Ochei Of Massive Corruption, SarahaReporters, May 12, 2010
- ↑ Fatally flawed? TRACE International due diligence in question again in Rolls-Royce’s Nigeria case, Corruption Watch UK, Feb 23, 2017
- ↑ RE: Delta State Elders, Leaders & Stakeholders Forum`s' Spurious Allegations Against Davnotch, The Nigerian Voice, Nov 30, 2010.
- ↑ Nigeria: The Messy Details of N21.75 Million Delta IPP Project, AllAfrica, Jul 8, 2012
- ↑ Fire compounds N23b Delta IPP’s woes, The Nation, Jan 15, 2016
- ↑ Godwin Oghre, N23b Oghara IPP abandoned, Vanguard, Oct 28, 2015
- ↑ Hendrix Oliomogbe, After N23.2bn, Delta’s IPP project remains a mirage, May 8, 2016
- ↑ Firm Plans Legal Action Against Okowa Over N8 Billion Debt, Uses Arbitration To Stop Sale Of Controversial IPP Project, SarahasReporters, Jul 11, 2016
- ↑ Hendrix Oliomogbe and Owen Akenzua, Delta needs N20b to complete power project, says Okowa,The Guardian, May 18, 2017
- ↑ Scam: EFCC Re-Opens Investigation On N21.7bn Abandoned Delta IPP Project, Urhobo Today, Jun 27, 2018
- ↑ SweetCrude Reports (January 5, 2021). "Power expansion: Nigeria to add 6 coal plants by 2037". Energy Central. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ https://tcnpmu.ng/pmu_assets/pmu_files/2018/02/Final-Report-Text.pdf
Additional data
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