NLNG Tanker
Barring any unexpected circumstances, the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) will take supply of 23,000 cubic metres new vessel in 2020, to increase quantity and provide of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) in the nation.
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Tony Attah, who disclosed this in a assertion, defined that the new LPG vessel could be constructed by E.A Temile and Sons Company Limited, a wholly Nigerian firm, underneath a contract with Hyundai Mipo Dockyard, South Korea and chartered to NLNG.
Speaking at a contract signing ceremony between E.A Temile and Sons Limited and Hyundai Mipo Dockyard in London, Attah mentioned that the signing ceremony was ground-breaking for NLNG as a result of it helps the corporate’s aspiration, firstly, to additional assist develop the home LPG market and to promote the expansion of indigenous firms and Nigeria’s economic system.
Manager, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs, Andy Odeh, in a assertion, quoted Attah as saying: “NLNG stays the only largest provider of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) (over 50 per cent) in Nigeria and appears to allow its growth in future. We produce the LPG in our Plant in Bonny, Rivers State, Nigeria, and transport it by sea to Lagos from the place it's distributed to each a part of the nation. This assures the product availability, accessibility, and affordability which is central to us as a firm. NLNG’s home LPG intervention scheme aligns with its enterprise focus of bringing power to the world and serving to to construct a higher Nigeria.
“A World Health Organization (WHO) Report on Household Air Pollution and Health published in May 2018, affirms that, about four million people die prematurely annually from illness attributable to air pollution from inefficient cooking practices using solid fuels and kerosene. And local data suggests that about 100,000 women and children die in Nigeria annually from the same causative factors. We believe that the expansion and strengthening of the DLPG market can help to stem this tide in Nigeria,” he mentioned.
On NLNG’s contribution to Nigerian Content, he acknowledged: “We work carefully with the Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board to guarantee compliance with the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act 2010, consequent upon which we signed a Business to Business Service Level Agreement (SLA) with NCDMB in June 2017, the primary of its sort in the connection between the oil and fuel business operators and NCDMB in Nigeria.
“Examples of our Nigeria Content initiatives implementation embody BGT Plus Project the place over 80,000 metres of cable, manufactured in Nigeria by Nexans Kabelmetal, in addition to 9,000 items of anodes, produced by Metec WA, have been exported to South Korea for utilization in the development of six new Dual Fuel Diesel Engines (DFDE) LNG carriers.
“PCMN/Berger Paints Nigeria Limited exported over 400,000 litres of Paints and Coatings and IO Furniture/Vina produced and exported movable furnishings to South Korea, all for the development of the LNG carriers. In addition, Nigerians have been concerned in the undertaking on the Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI) shipyards in South Korea.
“The benefitting indigenous companies, some of whom were exporting their products for the very first time, earned revenues in excess of $10 million and international reputation as exporting companies. All these are testaments that great things can truly happen once we set our minds to achieve them.” he acknowledged.
Attah also stated that NLNG believes and is working assiduously in direction of attaining the Final Investment Decision (FID) for NLNG Train 7 which might elevate its LNG manufacturing capability by 36 per cent, from 22,000 million tonnes each year to 30,000 million tonnes each year and additionally has capability for 1.0 MTPA in the DLPG market,”
Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Simbi Kesiye Wabote, remarked that the signing ceremony was a manifestation of the native content material journey in the LPG sector.
He mentioned: “I commend NLNG for this bold endorsement of our local capacities and capabilities. It is certainly a confidence building move across board and I expect several operators and service providers to get inspirations from this milestone event and see the possibilities in our local content practice rather than the difficulties.”