Cameroon-based gas utility Victoria Oil and Gas (LON:VOG) is expects to exceed its 2015 production target of 10.5mmscf per day as more customers sign up.
Three new industrial users have been switched on in the past month in addition to two new power stations at Logbaba and Bassa.
As a result, the amount of gas supplied from the Logbaba field has tripled.
Production has risen to an average 12.4 mmscf per day in May with consumption in the first five days of June at 16 mmscf as demand from electricity supplier ENEO Cameroon ramped up.
The latest sign-ups include the new Dangote cement clinker plant, New Foods, a food processing business owned by the Fokou Group and Sic Cacaos, as Swiss-owned chocolate group.
Dangote’s commissioning is indicative of the growth in the Duoala area, Victoria’s chairman Kevin Foo said, while New Foods and Sic Cacaos had both previously used heavy fuel oil for their energy.
The three new customers will use 0.7 0.7mmscf of gas daily.
Foo said: "We welcome Dangote, New Foods and Sic Cacaos as important new thermal customers for GDC [Victoria’s local subsidiary].
“This is confirmation that industries will expand their operations when they can be guaranteed consistent supply of energy without the need for storage or transportation.
“Gas supply to the Bassa and Logbaba power stations is steady and we are now focussing on additional customers in the Bonaberi industrial area across the Wouri River.”