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Air Products also supplied MCHEs for NLNG’s first six trains (Photo: NLNG)
The facility has six operational production trains Equity in the consortium is divided between
capable of turning out a total of 22.5mn tonnes state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum
per year of LNG, and its capacity is set to rise to Corp. (NNPC) with 49%; Royal Dutch Shell
30mn tpy as a result of the Train 7 project. This (UK/Netherlands) with 25.6%; TotalEnergies
scheme envisions the construction of a seventh (France) with 15%, and Eni (Italy) with 10.4%.
production train that can turn out 4.2mn tpy, as The partners began production in 1999 and
well as the debottlenecking of existing trains, broke ground on the Train 7 project in June of
which will add another 3.4mn tpy of capacity. this year. ™

Azikel Petroleum names winner

of O&M contract for new refinery

NIGERIA AZIKEL Petroleum this week announced the
award of a five-year contract with US-based PIC
Group for operations and maintenance (O&M)
services at its new modular refinery in Nigeria’s
Bayelsa State.
A statement from PIC said that it would pro-
vide O&M support services “including site-spe-
cific integrated operation & maintenance
procedures, a systematic approach to training
as well as operational support in the form of
oversight and mentoring of refinery personnel”.
Once complete, the Azikel Hydroskimming
Modular Refinery will have a throughput pro-
cessing capacity of 12,000 barrels per day (bpd) Rendering of Azikel’smodular refinery (Image: Azikel Petroleum)
of crude to produce around 1.3mn litres per year
of premium motor spirit (gasoline), diesel, ker- Upon signing the deal with PIC, Dr. Eruani
osene, cooking gas (LPG) and a small amount Azibapu Godbless, president of Azikel, said:
of heavy fuel oil. “Training of our staff was of paramount impor-
It had originally been expected to enter oper- tance to Azikel in our selection of the O&M ser-
ation in 2018 but is now due on stream later this vices contractor, and we are very pleased with
year. the comprehensive programme proposed by the
The refinery will receive feedstock of Nige- PIC Group.”
rian Bonny Light crude and condensate via This development is in line with efforts by
pipeline directly from Royal Dutch Shell’s Nigeria’s Content Development and Monitor-
Gbaran-Ubie gas gathering facility, which is ing Board (NCDMB) to invest in downstream
located on the unit’s eastern boundary. projects.

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