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Air Products to supply MCHEs

for NLNG’s Train 7 project

NIGERIA US-BASED Air Products has agreed to supply provided MCHEs and process technology for
heat exchangers for the Nigeria LNG (NLNG) the consortium’s six existing production trains,
consortium’s Train 7 project. making its first delivery to Train 1 in 1999 and its
According to a company statement, Air Prod- sixth delivery to Train 6 in 2007.
ucts has won a contract for the equipment from NLNG is the operator of a gas liquefaction
Saipem-Chiyoda-Daewoo (SCD), the Italian-led plant on Bonny Island. The facility has six oper-
joint venture that is serving as engineering, pro- ational production trains capable of turning out
curement and construction (EPC) contractor a total of 22.5mn tonnes per year of LNG, and its
for the project. Under the contract, the company capacity is set to rise to 30mn tpy as a result of the
will provide main cryogenic heat exchangers Train 7 project. This scheme envisions the con-
(MCHEs) for two new gas liquefaction units, struction of a seventh production train that can
including an entire new LNG production train turn out 4.2mn tpy, as well as the debottleneck-
as well as a combined liquefaction facility, as well ing of existing trains, which will add another
as process technology for both units. 3.4mn tpy of capacity.
Air Products has not disclosed the value of Equity in the consortium is divided between
the deal. But it has said that it intends to build state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.
the MCHEs at its manufacturing facility in Port (NNPC) with 49%; Royal Dutch Shell (UK/
Manatee, Florida. Additionally, it has stated that Netherlands) with 25.6%; TotalEnergies (France)
it will deliver the equipment in 2023. with 15%, and Eni (Italy) with 10.4%. The part-
This is not Air Products’ first time working ners began production in 1999 and broke ground
on an NLNG-related project. The company also on the Train 7 project in June of this year.™
NUCLEAR

Egypt, Russia sign latest nuclear deal

EGYPT EGYPT’S Nuclear Power Plants Authority and the Egyptian political leadership.
Russia’s Rosatom have signed some of the first Alexander Lokshin, first deputy director-gen-
technical agreements for the construction of eral for nuclear energy at Rosatom, said there
Russian VVER 1200 reactors for Egypt’s Dabaa was a great understanding with Egyptian offi-
nuclear power plant (NPP). cials to implement the NPP in Dabaa, and work
The two parties this week signed an agree- is proceeding according to the agreed timetable.
ment to manufacture the internal trap of the Amgad Al-Wakeel, head of the NPPA, said
reactor core for the first and second power units the visit included reviewing the modern technol-
at the under-construction Dabaa NPP in Egypt. ogies used in production sites in Russia. “This
The document signing took place during a [visit] assured us that our partners will fulfil all
visit by a high-level Egyptian delegation to Rus- contractual obligations, as all equipment will be
sia, headed by Minister of Electricity and Renew- manufactured and delivered on time according
able Energy Mohamed Shaker. to the work schedule.”
The news follows uncertainty last week about The 4,800-MW NPP is expected to cost up to
the nuclear project, as local media in Egypt $30bn, 85% of which will be financed through a
reported that the El-Dabaa NPP, which is being $25bn Russian loan.
built by Russia, has been delayed because of the Russian technology, know-how and fuel will
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and that be used to build the plant.
the first reactor would now be built by 2030, and Moscow’s heavy investment and technical
not 2028. involvement in Egypt means that Cairo must
In reply, Russia’s Rosatom said on July 29 in tread carefully at the UN Security Council and in
a series of tweets that the El-Dabaa NPP project regional politics over the conflict with Ethiopia
was not suspended, and that bilateral co-oper- over the GERD hydro project.
ation between Egypt and Russia remained as Egypt has repeatedly asked for the Security
strong as ever. Council to intervene in the matter, whereas Ethi-
Mohamed Shaker said this week that con- opia has always wanted to maintain the existing
struction work on the Dabaa NPP was under- negotiating framework.™
way, and that the project enjoys full support from

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