Green Energy donates mini barracks to Nigerian Navy, addresses gas flaring
An oil and gas firm, Green Energy International Limited, says it has donated a mini barracks in Ikuru town, Rivers State, to the Nigerian Navy.
A company statement said the mini barracks was built and donated to the Nigerian Navy by Green Energy, the operator of the Otakikpo Marginal Field, in collaboration with its technical partner, Lekoil Oil and Gas Limited.
The Flag Officer Commanding, Nigerian Navy, Rear Admiral SK Ibrahim, who was represented by the Commander, Ship Jubilee, Commodore Olubode Fazaz, while speaking at the inauguration of the mini barracks, said corporate organisations, host communities and security agencies must continue to work in synergy to protect investments and secure lives and property in the Niger Delta.
Rear Admiral Ibrahim disclosed that the Nigeria Navy under the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral AZ Gambo, has improved the security environment of the area.
He applauded Green Energy for the consistent focus on securing its area of operation in Andoni,adding that the construction of the Navy barracks in Ikuru town will provide more accommodation and facilities to the staff, as well as enhance their performance in their respective duties.
Rear Admiral Ibrahim called on other companies in the area to emulate the oil and gas company, adding that “This project will not only contribute positively to the operational effectiveness of the Naval Outpost Ikuru, it will also boost the morale of the personnel of the outpost.”
In his response, the Chief Executive Officer, Green Energy, Prof Anthony Adegbulugbe, said the building of the mini barracks was part of its corporate social responsibility, adding that it was in line with its aim to enhance the performance of the Nigeria Navy.
Adegbulugbe said the project was a follow-up to the building of a Navy facility and barracks in Ikuru town in the Andoni community in 2015, and the donation of a Toyota Hilux truck in 2019.
He added that the security network of the area would be improved with the provision of additional accommodation.
The facility consists of six rooms, a security post, an observation tower, a kitchen, store, office facilities , 20kVA generator, 12-panel and six-battery solar lighting system.
Adegbulugbe announced that in view of the company’s mandate to create a localised domestic market based on small-scale gas opportunities in Nigeria and Africa, the company with its JV partner was investing heavily in gas utilisation through the LPG and Gas to Power Projects which are nearing completion and due for inauguration in the second quarter of this year.
He explained that the gas utilisation strategy of the company is aimed at solving the age-long environmental challenge of gas flaring while also boosting the economic development of the Niger Delta and the nation’s economy.
The gas to power project, he said is designed for embedded power generation for the company and host communities while the excess would be injected into the nation’s grid.
