The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) said on Friday it had awarded two of three gas pipeline contracts worth more than $2.8 billion, Reuters reports.
One contract for a roughly 200 km stretch of the 614 km Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline and stations was awarded to Oando PLC and OilServe, the state oil firm said in a statement.
Another stretch of about 200 km was given to a partnership between China Petroleum Pipeline Bureau and Brentex, NNPC said. It also said that a third contract will be executed in the coming weeks.
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