LNG Archives - Ibe Kachikwu

17th January 2022

U.S & China Will be Top Global Exporter and Importer of LNG in 2022

According to a recent report from IHS Markit, the United States and China will be the main export and import markets for liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2022, respectively. Nigeria...

10th January 2022

World’s First 2000-metre Depth Ultra-Deepwater FLNG Arrives Rovuma Basin, Offshore Mozambique

The Coral-Sul Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) vessel has arrived at Area 4 in the Rovuma Basin, offshore Mozambique, led by the Mozambique Rovuma Venture (MRV). The project is the...

4th October 2021

Qatar Petroleum Orders Four LNG Carriers for North Field Expansion

Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group Co. Ltd. (Hudong), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China State Shipbuilding Corporation Limited (CSSC), has received an order for four new LNG carriers from Qatar Petroleum (QP). This...

25th May 2021

Nigeria to Award 45 Gas Flare licenses in June

As part of its efforts to end gas flaring in Nigeria and increase its gas footprint, the Federal Government of Nigeria will grant 45 licenses to qualified bidders in June...

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...