Nigeria LNG Terminal

Summary Information

+++ Brief Description

* Train 1: 2.9 MTPA
* Train 2: 2.9 MTPA
* Train 3: 2.9 MTPA
* Train 4: 4 MTPA
* Train 5: 4 MTPA
* Train 6: 4 MTPA

+++ Technical Details

+++ Contractors

* **Saipem, Technip, KBR, JGC:** FEED + EPC
* **Chiyoda:** Train 1&2 - FEED & Acid gas removal

* **Saipem, Technip, KBR, JGC:** FEED + EPC

* **Saipem, Technip, KBR, JGC:** FEED + EPC

* **Saipem, Technip, KBR, JGC:** FEED + EPC

* **Chiyoda:**FEED

+++ Ownership Details

Nigeria LNG is a joint venture company owned by the Federal Republic of Nigeria represented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Shell Gas B.V, TotalfinaElf and Agip.
NNPC owns 49% of the shares in Nigeria LNG Limited.
Shell Gas BV owns 25.6% of the shares in Nigeria LNG Limited
Total Fina Elf owns 15% the shares in Nigeria LNG Limited
Agip owns 10.4% of the shares in Nigeria LNG Limited.

+++ Customers

+++ Suppliers

Gas is supplied from a large number of fields including the [[[Akpo Oil Field]]], [[[Amenam Kpono Oil Field]]] & [[[Ofan Oil And Gas Field]]]

+++ History

1995 - A Final Investment Decision (FID) was signed by the Shareholders to build a Liquefied Natural Gas Plant in Finima, Bonny Island in Rivers State.
1995 - A consortium of engineering firms comprising Technip, Snamprogetti, M.V. Kellog and Japan Gas Corporation (TSKJ) was awarded a turnkey Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for the construction of the Plant, the Gas Transmission System and the Residential Area.
1996 - Construction of the plant site commenced
1999 - One of the two trains (Train 2) was completed.
1999 - Contract awarded for Train 3 to a consortium of JGC Corporation and its associates TECHNIP of France, SNAMPROGETTI of Italy, and Kellogg Brown & Root of the U.S
1999 - Production of LNG commenced on September 15.
2000 - The second train of the Base Project, Train 1, came on stream on February 27
2002 - Train 3 came into operations in November
2002 - Agreement signed for construction of trains 4 & 5
2004 - Technip, Snamprogetti, KBR and JGC Corporation awarded EPC for train 6
2005 - NLNGPlus, comprising Trains 4 and 5, came on stream in November (for Train 4) and February 2006 (for Train 5).
2007 - NLNG Six, came on stream in December .

+++ Ongoing Projects

Plans for building Train 7 that will lift the total production capacity to over 30 MTPA LNG by 2012, are currently at an advanced stage.

+++ Other Information

The Plant is built on 2.27sq. km of largely reclaimed land in Finima, Bonny Island. It currently has six trains in operation.
The main elements of the operational plant are:
Dedicated gas transmission pipelines passing through over 110 communities
Dedicated gas transmission pipelines passing through over 110 communities
Three LNG storage tanks with a capacity of 84,200 cubic metres each
A common fractionation plant to process LPG
Two Condensate storage tanks with a capacity of 36,000 cubic metres each
Two 65,000 cubic metre LPG refrigerated tanks (for propane & butane)
Ten generators with a total capacity of 400 MW
Two LNG export jetties
One LPG and Condensate export jetty
23 LNG ships dedicated to NLNG service
Two Materials off-loading jetty
A residential area covering 2.08sq.km.
With the completion of the NLNG Six Project, the Nigeria LNG Plant has an overall capacity of some 22 million tonnes per annum of LNG and 4 million tonnes per annum of LPG.

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