The Federal Government has appealed to the partners in the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) project to allow the transportation of third-party gas through its joint pipelines to increase gas supply to the plant.
Following the refusal of the joint partners Shell, Chevron, NNPC and others, to allow third parties to transport gas through their pipelines to the NLNG Trains, the company has been unable to operate at full capacity thus causing its inability to meet both domestic and international gas obligations.
Horatius Egua, Senior Adviser (Media & Communications) to Minister of State Petroleum Resources, in a statement, on Monday, said the NLNG is at present only able to produce at about 70% installed capacity.
Minister of State Petroleum Resources Chief Timipre Sylva in an audience with the new Italian Ambassador to Nigeria Stefano De Leo, in Abuja, on Monday said if the NLNG partners relax their rules and allow third-party supply gas to the NLNG, the company will be able to provide gas to help ease European Union’s gas crisis.