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AKK: NRC Begins Haulage Of Line Pipes

By Teddy Nwanunobi

Haulage of line pipes from Warri, Delta State in Southern Nigeria to Itakpe, Kogi State in North-Central Nigeria has begun by the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Friday.

The Corporation, in a short video tweet, described the move as a “major boost in the delivery of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) Gas Project”.

NNPC also hinted that the NRC locomotive commenced its journey by 11.05am on Thursday, April 8, 2021, carrying 96 pipes at once.

“A major boost in the delivery of #AKKGasProject as NRC train finally commenced epoch-making haulage of line pipes from Warri to Itakpe. This locomotive, which began journey @ 11.05am on 8th Apr 2021, carried 96 pipes at once, an equivalent of 32 trailers on the road! #DecadeOfGas,” the tweet read.

Valuechain reports that the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline is a 614-kilometre-long natural gas pipeline that is being developed by the NNPC.

The pipeline, which will run from Ajaokuta in Kogi State to Kano in Nigeria, is estimated to cost $2.8 billion.

The pipeline project forms phase one of the Trans-Nigeria Gas Pipeline (TNGP) project.

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