Nigeria GTL plant starts up

摘要

Chevron’s 33,000 b/d Escravos gas-to-liquids(GTL)plant in Nigeria has begun commercial operations with first exports scheduled for later this year. The$10bn project,which was origi-nally expected to cost less than$2bn, has faced a series of delays caused mainly by insecurity,and a difficult operating environment in the troubled Niger delta and the remote Escravos region.The main$1.