LNG Archives - Ibe Kachikwu

26th March 2021

Mozambican Government and Total Agree to Restart LNG Project in Afungi

The government of Mozambique and French oil and gas group, Total, have announced that construction work is due to resume on the natural gas liquefaction plants on the Afungi Peninsula,...

20th March 2021

Total Awards ABB Ltd. Electrification Contract for Mozambican LNG Project

Power, electrical equipment and automation technology Group, ABB Ltd, has secured a contract to deliver an end-to-end electrification package for Total's LNG project in Mozambique. The Mozambican project is to...

21st January 2021

Consumption of LPG in Nigeria Reached One Million MT in 2020 – PPPRA

Nigeria's Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Authority (PPPRA), on Tuesday, 19th January 2020, announced that the consumption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas in the country exceeded one million metric tonnes (MT) in 2020....

10th January 2021

Saipem 12000 Arrives Mozambique; Drilling Operations to Resume this Month

Mozambique's regulator, Instituto Nacional de Petróleo (INP), has announced that a Saipem-owned drillship, Saipem 12000, is resuming drilling operations at the Coral Sul (Coral South) project offshore Mozambique. The resumption...

7th January 2021

Floating Regasification Unit Arrives in Tema Port, Ghana

The first offshore LNG terminal in sub-Saharan Africa, the Tema LNG Terminal Company (TLTC), is to begin to deliver LNG to customers in the first quarter of 2021 as its...

6th January 2021

Saudi Arabia and Qatar End Gulf Dispute

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has agreed to reopen its land, air and sea borders with Qatar, to end a dispute of over three (3) years, which led to an...

2nd January 2021

ExxonMobil and Royal Vopak Sign MoU for Feasibility of South Africa’s LNG

Affiliates of Exxon Mobil Corporation (ExxonMobil) and Royal Vopak (Vopak) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work on a feasibility study to assess the commercial, technical and regulatory...

10th December 2020

Nigeria: NNPC and its Partners in Discussions over NLNG Train 8

At a media parley in Abuja, Nigeria, last week, the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Mele Kyari, said that the oil company is in talks...

29th November 2020

Access LNG Project in Ghana Reaches Financial Close

The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has announced that the project partners for the Tema LNG project in Ghana have reached the financial close on November 16th 2020. The Access...

22nd November 2020

DPR Introduces New Guidelines for LPG Investors and Operators in Nigeria

The Department of Petroleum Resources in Nigeria (DPR) has rolled out new guidelines for the accommodation of more Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) investors and operators across the country. The Department...