Shell's power plant kicks off in Nigeria
A mega power plant expected to generate 650 megawatts of electricity for energy-starved Nigeria started operations early this month, one of the operators said Wednesday. The Afam Gas and Power Project — jointly operated by the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell, the Nigerian state oil company (NNPC), Italy’s Agip and France’s Total — should by end of this year produce 450 megawatts. (Full Story)