The Nigeria LNG Limited says it is carrying out scheduled
maintenance work on one of its six Liquefied Natural Gas
trains.
The maintenance of the train would last till the first week
of April, the company said on Monday.
“It started on January 25 and will run for 70 days and
there are no production challenges,” the NLNG
spokesperson, Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, was quoted by
Reuters as saying.
The Manager, Communications and Public Affairs, NLNG,
Mr. Tony Okonedo, told our correspondent that the
maintenance was being conducted on Train 1, which
came on stream on February 27, 2000.
“The scheduled maintenance is not a big deal. It is like
you have gone to service your car,” he said.
Asked what would be the implications of the ongoing
maintenance, Okonedo said, “There is no implication.”
The NLNG’s six trains have the capacity to produce 22
million tonnes per annum of LNG, five MTPA of natural
gas liquids (liquefied petroleum gas and condensate) from
3.5 billion (standard) cubic feet per day of natural gas
intake.
The company has long-term supply contracts with
Spain’s Repsol, Italy’s Enel, Britain’s BG Group, France’s
Engie SA and Portugal’s Galp. It also sells on the spot
market.
The NLNG’s near term expansion plans include the
construction of a seventh train to complement the
existing six-train structure.
According to the company, plans for building the Train 7
that will lift the total production capacity to 30 MTPA of
LNG are currently progressing with some preliminary
early site preparation work initiated. Further work awaits
final investment decision by the shareholders.
The company is owned by four shareholders, namely, the
Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by the
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49 per cent);
Shell (25.6 per cent); Total LNG Nigeria Limited (15 per
cent) and Eni (10.4 per cent).
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