Nigeria’s NNPC, Heirs Restore Gas Facility, Doubling Output

Nigerian National Petroleum Co. and Heirs Energies have restored production at a gas facility that had been offline for more than a year, enabling the joint venture to double output and increase supplies to power producers struggling with fuel shortages.

A gas well in Oil Mining Lease 17 that was shut due to excessive water production was restored last month, an Heirs Energies spokeswoman said by phone Thursday. The restoration, “doubled the JV’s gas output to a peak of 135 million standard cubic feet per day, delivering a significant boost to domestic gas supply and strengthening the nation’s energy security,” the company said separately in an emailed statement on Wednesday.