Pipelines, Storage & Power

Logbaba sales hit by power cuts, pipeline extension planned

Power shortages in Cameroon are hurting gas sales from the Logbaba power project, Victoria Oil and Gas Chief Executive John Scott said in a letter to shareholders on Thursday.
By James Batty 18 July 2013 0 2834

Power shortages in Cameroon are hurting gas sales from the Logbaba power project, Victoria Oil and Gas Chief Executive John Scott said in a letter to shareholders on Thursday.

The project, which supplies gas from the Logbaba field to industrial users in Cameroon’s largest city Douala, reported an average supply rate of 2 million cubic feet (56.64 thousand cubic metres: Mcm) per day – 22.66 Mcm/d lower than the last update given earlier this year.

The shortage is entirely a result of the power interruptions affecting small-...