Nigeria LNG (NLNG) announced that it has taken the final investment decision (FID) for its plant’s expansion project which is expected to start-up in 2024 and will increase the production capacity to more than 30 MMT/Y from the current 22.5 MMT/Y.
The expansion project will enable to produce an additional 7.6 MMT/Y of LNG, of which 4.2 coming from one new liquefaction train (Train 7), and 3.4 coming from the debottlenecking of existing trains.
NLNG is a world class 6-train LNG facility, in operation since 1999. In 20 years, the plant has delivered over 4,700 LNG cargoes around the world, ENI said in a statement, adding that with the expansion project, “it will become one the world’s most important LNG gas hub, and it will allow partners to further leverage Nigeria’s abundant associated gas resources.”
NLNG partners are NNPC (49%), Shell (25.6%), ENI (10.4%) and Total (15%).