Nigeria’s gas ambitions gain ground
But regulatory and feedstock issues continue to hinder the pace of progress
But regulatory and feedstock issues continue to hinder the pace of progress
NLNG’s Domestic Supply Intervention, according to Mr. Felix Ekundayo, President of the NLPGA, created the much-needed foundation for what has grown over 1000 per cent, from a 60,000MT market in 2007 into a 1.3MT market and is still growing. One of the most important hallmarks of the intervention the NLPGA president said is that it drastically reduced supply disruptions and birthed several indigenous companies in Nigeria’s LPG market.
According to the statement by its General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development, Eyono Fatayi-Williams, NLNG supplied over 80 per cent of its LPG sales (butane/cooking gas) to the Nigerian market in 2020.
The Nigerian Gas Association (NGA) has announced that it will hold a three-day learning solutions training event series entitled: ‘Understanding the natural gas value chain end to end’.
“But, our focus at Dangote is how to add value to the natural gas. After all, this Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) that is being imported by various countries is used as fixed stock. They use this natural gas to generate power, fuel and as feedstock. The value-added products are thereby exported to Nigeria.
Consequently, the House mandated its Committee on Public Accounts to “invite the management of the NNPC as well as that of the NLNG, to conduct a thorough investigation on activities that have taken place on the dividends account and report back to the House in four weeks.”
The expansion of LNG Train-7 plant, a Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas project, is anticipated to attract $10 billion in foreign direct investment in the next five years. After a 12-year delay, the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited will now go ahead with the expansion of its LNG capacity by an additional eight metric tonnes…
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