The Federal Government said that the existing trains of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas company are witnessing insufficient gas supply, noting that this is why NLNG trains cannot produce at full capacity.
This led to an appeal to partners in the NLNG project to allow the transportation of third-party gas through NLNG’s joint pipelines so as to increase gas supply to the plant.
It said the Minister of State Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, while meeting with the new Italian Ambassador to Nigeria, Sefano De Leo, in Abuja on Monday, said if the NLNG partners relaxed their rules and allowed third party operators to supply gas to the NLNG, the company would be able to provide gas to help ease European Union’s gas crisis.
Sylva said, “The issue we have with the existing NLNG Trains is that of insufficient gas supply. The partners are running out of gas and they are refusing third party to supply gas to the Trains.
The partners are insisting that they can only allow third party supply gas to the plant only if they agree to supply at subsidised rates.
He stated that at the moment, helicopters could not fly in the night in Nigeria, thus foreclosing any rescue operations at night.
– Punch