Shell expects NLNG’s Train 7 to start operations in 2025

Royal Dutch Shell Plc has said it expects the Train 7 project of Nigeria LNG Limited to come on stream by 2025 or beyond.

The energy giant, which has a 26 percent stake in NLNG, said this on Thursday in its financial results.

Markets Reporters had reported early this year that two years after the final investment decision was taken, the NLNG Train 7 project was still facing delay.

The gas company said on January 12 that construction activities for the Train 7 project of the Nigeria LNG Limited had yet to commence. “Neither NLNG nor its contractors have commenced recruiting for the Train 7 Project, for which construction activities are yet to commence,” it said in a statement.

Shareholders in the NLNG, including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, took the FID on the project in December 2019 after being delayed for more than 10 years.

The Train 7 project aims to increase the company’s production capacity from 22 metric tonnes per annum to about 30 MTPA and will form part of the investment of over $10bn, including the upstream scope of the LNG value chain, according to the company.