The Federal Government on Thursday queried Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) on the pace of domestic gas supply for its power projects.

The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Allison-Maduekwe, announced this after a closed door meeting of Shell top management with President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House.

The minister told State House Correspondents after the meeting that the president expressed concern on the multinational company’s integrity on its gas plants, particularly at Itorogu and Ughelli in Delta.

“Some of our concerns, which we have expressed very concisely to them and to Mr President lie in the area of domestic gas and their integrity on the gas plant, particularly at Itorogu and Ughelli.

“Domestic gas supply has been slippery over the past few months and that call for a major concern.

“We have expressed our very stringent concerns in this regard. We are also concerned at balancing domestic gas output in some respect in the export gas in all output,’’ she said.

The minister said the company, however, assured the government that it would make efforts at increasing the production and supply of gas.

She also said that the recent retreat on power and gas would go a long way in resolving the issue of inadequate supply of gas for power generation.