Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation signs MOU with Kogi State to develop ethanol production

February 27, 2018 |

In Nigeria, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Kogi State Government have executed a Memorandum of Understanding for the development of fuel-ethanol processing plant that would produce 84 million liters of biofuel per year.

Speaking during the signing of the MoU in Abuja, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Maikanti Baru, said the project would yield a cane mill and a raw and refined Sugar Plant of 126,000 tons annually.

He stated that the bagasse co-generation plant would also generate 64 Megawatts of power, stressing that the plant would include a carbon dioxide recovery and bottling plant with a capacity of 2,000 tons per year.

Category: Fuels

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