Lingering hostage crisis: Nationwide blackout looms

“So the next thing you will see is total black- out in our fatherland. Have you people thought about that? You see, crude oil is sent to the refinery from the flow stations and it is at the refinery that gas is extracted and sent to the thermal plants but now, the refineries are not working because the flow stations are down. What that means is that there is no gas and some people are sounding a loud ovation for the militants”, he said.

Saturday Vanguard was told that Nigeria could witness the longest power outage in its history if the thermal plants run out of gas for it would take up to three months for the SPDC to repair the damage wreaked on its installations by the militants and repairs from all indications, can only start when the oil workers held hostage have been released.

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