Lee Engineering is carrying out engineering, procurement and construction of two midline compressor stations in Edo State, according to a 22 October statement from Nigeria’s presidency. The work is intended to help the Escravos–Lagos Pipeline System reach its expanded design capacity of 2.3 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day.

The State House said the ELPS II expansion raised the pipeline’s design capacity from 1.1 billion standard cubic feet per day, but additional compression is needed to increase operating pressure. Design capacity therefore does not establish the volume of gas currently being delivered.

President Bola Tinubu discussed the project with Lee Engineering founder Leemon Ikpea in Abuja and urged international oil companies to offer more work to capable Nigerian engineering and manufacturing firms. Ikpea said the company’s Warri fabrication yard is producing some compressor-station components.

The presidency expects the stations to support gas supplies to power plants and industry along the corridor and potentially to neighbouring countries through the West African Gas Pipeline. Its statement provides no commissioning date, project cost or independently measured increase in throughput. These remain expected benefits of the works, rather than reported operating results.