NIGERIA - The Gas Feed.The first gas feed to Train A was received in April 1999 from the Obiatu gas plant of Agip AGIP Abu Ghazaleh Intellectual Property AGIP Azienda Generale Italiana Petroli (Italian oil company) AGIP Any Government in Power , which is committed to supply most of its available associated and free gases to NLNG NLNG Nigeria LNG (Nigeria) . TotalFinaElf's Obite gas field is one of the French major's structures feeding the NLNG complex. A bigger volume of gas is fed by Shell, whose gas production will increase considerably from new deep-water fields in the coming years. Trains A-E A-E, AE above-elbow; see under amputation. will require about 3 BCF/day of feed gas. Under long-term Long-term Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year. long-term 1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term. supply agreements signed, the feed will be provided 53.3% by Shell, 23.3% by TotalFinaElf and 23.3% by Agip. West Niger Delta The Niger Delta, the delta of the Niger River in Nigeria, is a densely populated region sometimes called the Oil Rivers because it was once a major producer of palm oil. LNG LNG (liquefied natural gas): see under natural gas. Venture: A US consortium of ExxonMobil, Chevron, Texaco and Conoco in Feb. 2001 signed an MoU with the government to determine the feasibility of another LNG venture, called West Niger Delta LNG project, for export to the US and other markets. Abuja approved the project in Oct. The group is concentrating on non-associated gas reserves in the western Niger Delta states of Ondo, Edo and Delta. Presidential Advisor on energy Rilwanu Lukman Rilwanu Lukman was the OPEC Secretary General from 1 January 1995 to 31 December 2000. He hails from Zaria in Kaduna State of Nigeria. Dr. Lukman is currently on the board of Afren Plc, a leading independent exploration and production company. has said the feasibility phase would cost "millions of dollars" and the study should be completed by early 2002. Brass River LNG Project: ENI and Phillips Petroleum are negotiating with the government a third LNG venture, with non-associated gas to be produced by the Italian-US partnership from fields in the Niger Delta. Phillips, one of the first US companies to venture into LNG in Alaska in the late 1960s, is betting mainly on the American market. ENI believes the Italian market will absorb a major part of the LNG. Demand for natural gas in Italy is expected to rise from 68 BCM/y (6.6 BCF/d) in 2000 to more than 90 BCM/y by 2010. With Egypt having four separate LNG ventures, including one involving ENI and another involving Shell, Texaco is leading a 4m t/y LNG project in Angola. This is among many new LNG export and import projects worldwide. Europe-Bound & Regional Export Pipelines: Abuja and Algiers are negotiating a long-dormant project to have a gas pipeline to Europe running from Ajaokuta in central Nigeria to pass through Abuja and Kano in the north. It would then cross Niger to southern Algeria and link up with Algeria's line to Europe through Spain. Chevron is leading a project to build a 960-km export pipeline to supply Benin, Togo and Ghana with 4.2 MCM/d, with supplies to rise fivefold fivefold Adjective 1. having five times as many or as much 2. composed of five parts Adverb by five times as many or as much Adj. 1. over a 20-year period. |
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