Mkpoikana Udoma
Port Harcourt — Notore Chemicals Industries Plc says it has a 20years partnership with Eroton Exploration and Production, on the supply of 4trillion standard cubic feet of gas, for the production of fertilizers.
Notore, which is a primarily a gas hub in Onne, Rivers State, was granted a Free Zone Developer Licence in 2017 by the Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority and has since commenced the development of the Notore Industrial City, as well as providing logistics and engineering services.
Notore’s General Manager, Operations, David Ighodalo, disclosed that Notore Industrial City is being developed on 560 hectares of land and was owned by Notore Chemicals Industries Plc out of which 126 hectares only has been developed so far.
Ighodalo who spoke recently while receiving the Managing Director of OGFZA, Sen. Tijjani Yahaya Kaura on his familiarization tour of the oil and gas free zones, explained Notore’s five-year development plan of the zone which is currently in its third stage (50percent) as well as the challenges facing them.
“Notore, in partnership with Eroton on a 20-year gas supply agreement, has the capacity of an excess of 4trillionscf gas supply from which fertilizer is produced.”
According to him, Notore consists of the fertilizer plant and industrial area, jetty channel to the Onne zeaport, gas plant, internal access roads, office and residential structures which other companies in the zone also used.
He also reported that Afremetal, a battery recycling company, was the first entrant into the Notore free zone through OGFZA, while also listing other enterprises such as Saima, Hyde, etc operating in the Notore free zone.
Responding, the Managing Director of OGFZA, Sen. Tijjani Yahaya Kaura, who took cognizance of their challenges, pledged to appeal to the Federal Government for intervention to rehabilitate the Eleme section of the East-West Road, in order to help businesses in the Free Zone.
Kaur also assured of OGFZA’s willingness to collaborate with the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs, Ministry of Works and the Nigerian Ports Authority in a joint effort to fix the road as soon as possible.
