EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION OF MODULAR GAS TECHNOLOGY (MGT) SYSTEM FOR MONETISATION OF ASSOCIATED STRANDED GAS IN THE NIGER DELTA

Nigeria with its vast natural gas reserve has only reached a peak power generation of 5074MW for over 190Million heads of population, making it 26.7MW only per million heads of population. A key way to solve this problem is efficient utilization of her associated gas. Much of this resource is flared either because it is not in volumes suitable to justify pipeline construction or its location makes it far from market and very costly to get to use destinations. Electricity is mostly generated through turbine systems being supplied gas by large pipeline networks. The new technology called Gas-to-Wire is the onsite generation of power using mini plants that are modular and scalable. This technology holds great potential for the vast stranded gases in the Niger Delta, and with it, such gases are harnessed onsite for power generation. It obviates the capital intensive project of constructing pipelines for gas transportation to central location. This paper describes the use of associated stranded gas processed using MGT for power generation and optimization of methane recovery in the MGT unit for more power production. The results show that methane optimization yields higher units of electricity for the investor at the expense of the NGL.