The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has launched a comprehensive initiative to dramatically expand the country’s gas development programme through strategic partnerships with Chinese firms specializing in liquefied natural gas technology and infrastructure. NNPCL signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding in Abuja with China Gas Holdings Limited and Peiyang Chemical Singapore PTE Ltd to establish a structured collaboration framework across key segments of Nigeria’s natural gas value chain.
The ambitious programme encompasses flare-gas-to-LNG conversion projects, floating LNG facilities, onshore LNG initiatives, and gas-fired power generation plants, alongside industrial facilities utilizing domestic gas feedstock. The MoU was signed in the presence of NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer Bayo Ojulari, Executive Vice President for Gas, Power & New Energy Olalekan Ogunleye, and General Manager of NNPC Gas & Power Investment Services Ibrahim Hamza. Tim Tian, Managing Director of Peiyang Chemical Singapore, explained that the MoU serves as the primary vehicle to align international technical expertise with Nigeria’s domestic energy priorities, providing a formalized governance structure to transition identified opportunities from technical feasibility through to commercial operations.
The signing was followed by an extensive programme of engagement by the China Gas and PCCS delegation across Nigeria’s energy sector, including discussions with Heirs Energies Limited examining downstream compressed natural gas and LNG opportunities, meetings with refinery leadership focused on integrating gas supply into refining and industrial operations, and discussions with the Ministry of Finance Incorporated regarding financing structures for large-scale gas infrastructure development. The delegation conducted site inspections at operational facilities including CNG mother stations, the NGML-NIPCO refueling station at the Port of Lagos, and logistics bases in Shagamu operating CNG and LNG-powered heavy-duty fleets, providing direct operational insight into compression systems, daily throughput levels, fleet utilization, and transport-linked gas demand.
Source: orientalnewsng.com