By Kelechi Onwujuba
The $5 billion Nigeria LNG (NLNG) Train 7 project has reached a significant milestone, with construction progressing to about 92 per cent completion as the facility advances toward pre-commissioning and final delivery stages.
The expansion project, located on Bonny Island, Rivers State, is expected to raise NLNG’s production capacity from 22 million tonnes per annum (MTPA) to 30MTPA upon completion, reinforcing Nigeria’s position in the global liquefied natural gas market.
Industry stakeholders disclosed at the 2026 Nigerian Oil and Gas Midstream and Downstream Stakeholders Summit in Lagos that the project remains one of the country’s most strategic gas infrastructure developments under Nigeria’s “Decade of Gas” initiative.
The Train 7 project was approved in December 2019 by NLNG shareholders — Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), Shell, TotalEnergies and Eni — and is being executed by the SCD Joint Venture consortium comprising Saipem, Chiyoda and Daewoo.
Beyond expanding LNG output, the project is also driving local content development and capacity building within Nigeria’s oil and gas sector. Hundreds of Nigerians have benefited from specialised training programmes covering engineering, welding, fabrication, ICT, health and safety, and supply chain management.
Industry experts say the completion of Train 7 is expected to strengthen Nigeria’s export earnings, create jobs, deepen gas utilisation and improve the country’s competitiveness in the fast-growing global LNG market amid rising demand for cleaner energy sources.
