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Local content to account for at least

55% of work on NLNG’s Train 7

PROJECTS & NIGERIA LNG (NLNG) intends to rely on local would not be shut down. He pushed hard to the
COMPANIES providers for at least 55% of the work that will be extent that [the] contract was signed against all
done on the Train 7 expansion project, according odds,” he commented.
to Tony Attah, the managing director and CEO Attah also pointed out that the expan-
of the consortium. sion project would be a boon to the Nige-
Speaking at a reception held by the Junior rian economy. “Train 7 means 12,000 jobs
Chambers International (JCI) earlier this week, directly and, based on the board’s calcula-
Attah said it made sense to maximise local con- tion, 40,000 additional jobs indirectly,” he
tent in the scheme, which calls for the construc- remarked.
tion of a seventh production train at NLNG’s He added: “On top of that, we are talking The new unit
natural gas liquefaction plant on Bonny Island. 55% of that scope will be domiciled and domes-
Nigerian companies and Nigerian workers have ticated, and Nigerians will be directly involved in will add 4.2mn
improved their capacity and are able to handle more than half of the scope of this particular pro-
high-end technical projects such as this one, he ject, and we are talking of over $10bn in terms of tpy of new
said. the overall Train 7 investment.”
The NLNG chief also thanked the Nigeria NLNG was formed more than 20 years ago capacity, and the
Content Development and Monitoring Board and has been producing LNG since 1999. Equity debottlenecking
(NCDMB) for helping to push the Train 7 ini- in the consortium is split between state-owned
tiative forward and singled out the board’s exec- Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. (NNPC), of existing trains
utive secretary, Simbi Wabote, for praise. He with 49%; Royal Dutch Shell (UK/Netherlands),
said Wabote, who was the guest of honour at the with 25.6%; Total (France), with 15%, and Eni will contribute
JCI reception, had taken all the steps needed to (Italy), with 10.4%.
ensure the launch of the project in May of this The group has already built six production another 3.4mn
year, at a time when the global oil and gas indus- trains with a combined production capacity of tpy.
try had scaled back its operations in response to 22.5mn tonnes per year at its gas liquefaction
the fall in demand that had followed the corona- plant. Earlier this year, it took a final invest-
virus (COVID-19) pandemic. ment decision (FID) on the construction of
“[When] the contract was signed on May the seventh production train, which will push
13 this year, that was right in the middle of the total output up to 30mn tpy. The new unit will
COVID-19 situation when the entire world was add 4.2mn tpy of new capacity, and the debot-
at a standstill ... The world was shut down, but the tlenecking of existing trains will contribute
executive secretary was determined that Train 7 another 3.4mn tpy.™

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