Gas glossary
Plain-English definitions of the terms industrial and commercial customers meet when moving to piped natural gas.
Piped Natural Gas (PNG)
Natural gas delivered to a customer's site continuously through a pipeline, rather than in cylinders or tankers. It is metered at the point of delivery and billed on actual consumption.
Natural gas
A naturally occurring, mostly methane fuel used for power generation and industrial heat. In Nigeria it is produced domestically, which makes it cheaper and less exposed to exchange-rate swings than imported liquid fuels.
Midstream
The part of the gas value chain between production (upstream) and the end customer (downstream) - the pipelines, processing and distribution infrastructure that move gas to where it is used. Gasland Horizon is a midstream gas distribution company.
MMSCFD
Million standard cubic feet per day - the standard unit for measuring natural gas supply volumes. Gasland Horizon's flagship Awka area carries approximately 2.85 MMSCFD of committed industrial demand.
Independent Power Plant (IPP)
A power-generation facility that is not owned by the national utility, selling electricity to the grid or directly to industrial off-takers. IPPs are a core customer segment for piped natural gas.
Captive power
Electricity a business generates on-site for its own use, rather than drawing it from the grid. Captive plants running on diesel or HFO are strong candidates to switch to natural gas.
Embedded generation
Power generation located within a distribution network - for example, a plant serving an industrial cluster or estate - as distinct from large grid-connected stations.
Gas Sales and Purchase Agreement (GSPA)
The supply contract between a gas customer and the joint venture. Both NNPC Gas Marketing Limited and Gasland Horizon are named parties to every GSPA.
Energy Data Form (EDF)
The form a prospective customer completes to record equipment, fuel consumption and operating pattern. It is the basis for a savings assessment and for sizing a connection, and is free with no obligation.
Pressure Regulation and Metering Station (PRMS)
The equipment installed at a customer's gate that reduces gas to the required delivery pressure and meters consumption for billing.
NNPC Gas Marketing Limited (NGML)
A wholly owned subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited responsible for sourcing and marketing natural gas. NGML is Gasland Horizon's joint-venture partner.
Bi-fuel conversion
Modifying an existing diesel generator so it can run on a mixture of natural gas and diesel, reducing fuel cost without replacing the engine.
AGO (diesel)
Automotive Gas Oil, commonly called diesel - a refined liquid fuel widely used in Nigerian generators and a common baseline that natural gas replaces.
LPFO / HFO
Low Pour Fuel Oil and Heavy Fuel Oil - heavier, cheaper liquid fuels used in some industrial boilers and generators, also displaced by natural gas.
Feedstock
A raw input consumed by a process. Natural gas can serve as a process feedstock as well as a power-generation fuel.
Offtake
The commitment by a customer to purchase a given volume of gas. Gasland Horizon builds infrastructure against verified, firm offtake.
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