Nigeria LNG Limited has spent $10 billion on the Train 7 project on Bonny Island in Rivers State. Train 7 is now more than 92 percent finished. NLNG plans to begin operations by the end of 2027.
Adeleye Falade, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, shared this news with journalists at the Gastech conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
Adeleye Falade said pre‑commissioning work has already started at the Bonny Island facility. Train 7 will raise NLNG’s LNG production from 22 million tonnes per year to 30 million tonnes per year.
The expansion will also lift NLNG’s supply of liquefied petroleum gas or LPG to the market. LPG supply will grow from 500,000 tonnes a year to 750,000 tonnes a year.
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Gas supply is still a big challenge for NLNG. NLNG has been under a force majeure order since 2022 after flooding cut off gas to the Bonny Island plant.
Adeleye Falade said the Bonny Island facility is running at 82 to 83 percent capacity. NLNG aims to reach 90 percent utilisation.
“Operationally, NLNG can achieve that level of output, but the biggest constraint is gas supply ” Adeleye Falade said.
Train 7 has created thousands of jobs in Rivers State. At the height of construction, more than 13,000 Nigerians worked on the project, and local companies supplied the materials and equipment.
As construction nears finish NLNG says that securing gas is still vital to make Train 7 deliver the expected benefits when operations start in 2027.
