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NLNG set to increase domestic

LPG supplies by 28.6% in 2021

NIGERIA THE Nigeria LNG (NLNG) consortium is gear- from next year. That is a very positive contribu-
ing up to increase the volume of LPG reserved tion from NLNG.”
The consortium aims to for domestic consumption by more than a quar- He also stated that the consortium was tak-
produce 450,000 tpy ter next year. ing this step in line with the federal government’s
of LPG for the domestic Tony Attah, NLNG’s managing director, efforts to promote the use of LPG on the domes-
market in 2021. said last week that the group hoped to bring the tic market. Abuja sees LPG as a safer and cleaner
amount of LPG allocated to the domestic market cooking fuel, he commented.
up to 450,000 tonnes in 2021. This year, he noted, Expanding LPG consumption will also ben-
NLNG is slated to deliver about 350,000 tonnes efit the Nigerian economy by creating new jobs
per year (tpy) of LPG to Nigerian consumers, and responding to the challenges posed by the
equivalent to 35% of total domestic supplies. As coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the NLNG
a result, the higher number would represent a chief claimed. Additionally, it will put the coun-
rise of nearly 28.6% on present levels. try in a position to play a key role in the global
Attah, who was speaking at a webinar organ- transition to cleaner fuels, he said.
ised by the Oil and Gas Group of the Nigeri- Attah went on to say that the rise in LPG use
an-British Chamber of Commerce (NBCC), would help Nigeria make the best use of its vast
pointed out that this increase was in line with natural and associated gas resources. He noted
long-term trends. “In 2007, the total consump- that Nigeria’s federal government has already
tion of LPG in Nigeria was about 50,000 tonnes,” dubbed 2020 the “Year of Gas” but urged offi-
he said. “Today, it is about 1mn million [tpy] cials in Abuja to do more, saying that intensive
and NLNG’s contribution is 350,000 [tpy]. We gasification programmes had the potential to
have approached our board to get a mandate to transform the Nigerian economy within the next
increase NLNG’s contribution to 450,000 tonnes 10 years. ™

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