NLNG reacts to allegations of shutdown of gas plant

By Chioma Obinagwam

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has reacted to the news making the rounds of shutdown of its plant.

Confiance News gathered from a statement by the company.

‘Our attention has been brought to a report on 17th August 2023 titled “NLNG prolonged shutdown threatens gas production,” published in one of the national newspapers,’ NLNG stated.

NLNG also stated that the report is false and misleading.

NLNG reiterates that operation at its plant on Bonny Island is still active despite a Force Majeure, which still subsists due to the unavailability of upstream gas suppliers’ major liquids evacuation pipelines occasioned by sabotage and vandalism.

NLNG said: “The plant continues to produce LNG and LPG commensurate to the feed gas it receives from its upstream gas suppliers. Its cargo loading operation also continues without interruption. The latest cargo from the Bonny plant sailed on 17th August 2023 to the St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, carrying 140,000 M3 of LNG.”