All is now set or the commissioning, next week Thursday, August 30, of the Anambra State Government-promoted Orient Petroleum Resources Plc, thus marking the formal entry of the state into the league of oil-producing states in Nigeria.

The commissioning will be done by President Goodluck Jonathan, who would also commission the ultra-modern SABMiller Brewery in Onitsha, said to be the largest in Africa. Orient Petroleum operates from Aguleri Otu in Anambra East Local Government.

Speaking in Onitsha, a spokesman for the Anambra State Government confirmed that all is set for the commissioning of the two landmark projects.

Mr. Valentine Obienyem, Senior Special Adviser on Media to Governor Peter Obi, assured in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that everything necessary had been done to ensure Orient Petroleum conforms to global standards and operates successfully.

His words: “Orient Petroleum service contractor has acquired high resolution 3D seismic data over 640 square kilometers of Orient’s oil blocks OPL 915 & 916, which has delineated the full extent of the hydrocarbon discoveries and prospects.

“The state government has completed a 20-kilometre access road to the oil wells and the 10-kilometre flow line for evacuating crude to a spot on Anambra River from where evacuation will be undertaken by barges to Brass in Bayelsa.”

It would be recalled that Transport & Business Express had previously reported on the completion of the two projects preparatory to their commissioning.

*Photo shows Anambra State Governor Peter Obi.