Showing posts with label NLNG. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NLNG. Show all posts

Wednesday, 2 November 2016

NLNG BURDENED BY DOUBLE TAX, PIPELINE SECURITY ISSUES


The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Nigeria LNG Limited, Tony Attah, has listed the challenges confronting the company to include operations of multiple regulatory agencies, pipeline security issues, and double taxation. Speaking during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Gas to the NLNG facility in Bonny, Atah disclosed that there were 19 recorded pipeline disruptions this year alone.



Thursday, 27 October 2016

SENATE COMMITTEE BACKS NLNG TRAIN 7 PROJECT

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Gas, Senator Bassey Akpan, has pledged the support of the committee to the proposed Train 7 expansion project of the Nigerian LNG Limited. Akpan stated this when he led members of the committee on an oversight visit to the NLNG facility in Bonny.
 
A statement signed by the General Manager, External Relations, NLNG, Dr. Kudo Eresia-Eke, quoted Akpan as saying the committee would do all within its power to sustain the NLNG legacy and encourage the entrenchment of its business model in other sectors of the economy.
 

Tuesday, 6 September 2016

NLNG RAISES GOVT REVENUE BY $26BN IN FIVE YEARS

The Nigeria LNG Limited says it has contributed more than $26bn to government revenue in the last five years. The Managing Director of the company, Mr. Tony Attah, disclosed this in Abuja when he met with the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed.

He also sought the intervention of the executive arm to prevail on the National Assembly not to interfere with the NLNG Act 2004.
 

Wednesday, 24 August 2016

$25B PROSPECTIVE INVESTMENT THREATENED BY AMENDMENT OF NLNG ACT

The Chairman, National Association of Energy Correspondent (NAEC), Yusuf Yunus (left); and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria LNG Limited, Babs Omotowa; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC),Chiedu Agbo, at the NAEC yearly conference  in Lagos. The Chairman, National Association of Energy Correspondent (NAEC), Yusuf Yunus (left); and Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria LNG Limited, Babs Omotowa; Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, acting Managing Director, Niger Delta Power Holding Company (NDPHC),Chiedu Agbo, at the NAEC yearly conference in Lagos.
 
Apart from the immediate relocation of investments in excess of $25 billion to other countries, Nigeria will also be opened to the risk of fines running into billions of dollars in International Courts if it amends the Nigeria LNG Acts, according to the Managing Director of Nigeria Liquiedfiled Natural Gas (NLNG), Babs Omot

Read more @ The Guardian

Friday, 19 August 2016

NIGERIA MAY LOSE OVER $25B TO NLNG ACT AMENDMENT

Treasurer, MAN Gas Group, Rev. Martins Olaomoju (left); Ex. Officio, Prince Felix Oba Okojie; Chairman, Dr Micheal Ola Adebayo; and Acting Director-General MAN, Segun Ajayi-Kadir at a press conference to decry the increase in the price of Natural Gas to manufacturers, in Lagos. The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) has warned that any move to tinker with the 2004 Act would violate bilateral agreements with international investors as well as cost the country a whooping $25 billion in Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and fines running in billions at the International Courts.

The outgoing Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Babs Omotowa, said this in Lagos yesterday at the National Association of Energy Correspondents (NAEC) Annual Conference.

Read more @ The Guardian

Friday, 15 July 2016

NLNG GETS NEW CEO AS ATTAH TAKES OVER FROM OMOTOWA

The Board of Directors of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has announced the appointment of Mr. Tony Attah as the new Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the company. Attah takes over from Mr. Babs Omotowa, who was appointed in December 2011.

Before his new assignment, Attah was at Shell’s Group integrated gas business as Senior Projects Advisor, working on projects in The Netherlands and Singapore.
 
 
 

Tuesday, 7 June 2016

NLNG DENIES LINK WITH $3.1BN FUND RECOVERY

The Nigerian LNG Limited has said none of its accounts is being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or any other anti-graft agency.
 
The NLNG said this on Monday in a statement signed by its General Manager, External Relations Division, Mr. Kudo Eresia-Eke.
 

Thursday, 5 May 2016

HOW NIGERIA CAN RAISE CRUDE, GAS PRODUCTION TO 3MBD, 10SCF IN 4YRS – STAKEHOLDERS

Stakeholders in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry say that given certain conditions, the country can attain the production of three million barrels per day of crude oil and 10 billion standard cubic feet of gas by 2020. The conditions are the reduction of contracting circle, using the Nigeria LNG model for the joint ventures(JV).

Read more @ BusinessDay

Friday, 29 April 2016

GOVERNMENT RECEIVES $33B FROM NLNG

OmotowaThe Federal Government has reaped over $33 billion from the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) initial investment of $2.5 billion.
Managing Director of the company, Babs Omotowa, disclosed this yesterday in Abuja while briefing the House of Representatives Committee on Gas Resources during a public hearing on a bill to amend the NLNG Act.

Read more @ The Guardian

Wednesday, 13 April 2016

NIGERIA LNG PAYS N10.9TR TO GOVERNMENT, JV, SHAREHOLDERS

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) has since inception, paid $55 billion (about N10.9 trillion) to Joint Venture (JV), shareholders and the Federal Government.

Nigeria LNG pays N10.9tr to Government, JV, shareholdersBesides, the company’s assets currently stand at about $15 billion (N2.9 trillion).The company, which made this disclosure in its 2016 facts and figures released yesterday in Lagos, put the payment to JV feedgas suppliers from inception till date at $23 billion, of which 55 to 60 per cent of this amount is payable to the Federal Government via its shareholding in the NNPC.

Read more @ The Guardian

Wednesday, 24 February 2016

MAINTENANCE WORK ON LNG TRAIN TO LAST TILL APRIL

The Nigeria LNG Limited says it is carrying out scheduled maintenance work on one of its six Liquefied Natural Gas trains.
The maintenance of the train would last till the first week of April, the company said on Monday.
 
“It started on January 25 and will run for 70 days and there are no production challenges,” the NLNG spokesperson, Anne-Marie Palmer-Ikuku, was quoted by Reuters as saying.
 

Monday, 8 February 2016

EXPORT EARNINGS FROM OIL, GAS DROP BY 50 PER CENT

oil-industryOwing to a further slide in prices and additional shut-in of about 35,000bpd in Usan and Yoho Terminals, Nigeria’s export earnings in 2015 from the sale of crude oil declined by 50 per cent.

Other factors responsible for the shortfall in earnings, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), include the non- receipt of Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) feedstock of about $74.47 million following payment slippage into new year and 57.08 per cent drop in liquefied petroleum gas/natural gas liquids lifting.

Read more @ The Guardian

Friday, 22 January 2016

GAS FLARING: SENATE GIVES IOCs ONE-WEEK ULTIMATUM TO SUBMIT REPORT

gas flaringThe Senate has ordered the international oil companies (IOCs) to submit its report on gas flaring and the level of environmental impact assessment of the Niger Delta geographical region within one week.

The Senate also gave the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) oneweek ultimatum to provide evidences of tax payments and dividends since the end of the company’s tax holiday granted to the establishment.

Read more @ New Telegraph

Thursday, 21 January 2016

SENATE DEMANDS NNPC, DPR, OTHERS’ AUDITED ACCOUNTS

The Senate Committee on Gas Resources on Wednesday directed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and its subsidiaries to submit to it their detailed audited accounts for the past three years.
 
Apart from the NNPC, other agencies affected are the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, Nigerian Petroleum Investment and Management Service and the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas.
 

Wednesday, 20 January 2016

NIGERIA GAVE AWAY $3.3BN THROUGH TAX BREAKS TO SHELL, TOTAL, ENI

240815F-Ojobo-Atuluku.jpg - 240815F-Ojobo-Atuluku.jpgA new report has revealed that Nigeria gave away an estimated $3.3 billion to Shell, Total and Eni through generous tax breaks over a seven-year period to compensate for their investments in the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Company Limited.

This was contained in a new report prepared by British-based ActionAid, titled: “Leaking Revenue, How a Big Tax Break to European Gas Companies Has Cost Nigeria Billions,” which was made available to THISDAY yesterday by ActionAid’s country director, Ms. Ojobo Atuluku.
 

Monday, 18 January 2016

NLNG TAKES DELIVERY OF LNG FINIMA 11

The Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) has taken delivery of one the six new ships it procured last year from South Korea.

The vessel christened NLNG Finima 11 was received by a team of NLNG officials led by NLNG Manager Commercial Shipping, Captain Ahmed Hambali Yusuf shortly after the conclusion of its maiden voyage, which terminated in Bonny Island, Rivers State.
 

Monday, 30 November 2015

FG EXPECTS N368BN FROM NLNG

FG expects N368bn from NLNGThe Federal Government is expecting over N368 billion ($1.6 billion) from taxes and dividends increase from the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG) by 2017.

The company is owned by four shareholders, namely the Federal Government of Nigeria, represented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), (49per cent), Shell Gas BV (SGBV), (25.6 per cent), Total LNG Nigeria Limited (15 per cent) and Eni International (10.4 per cent).

Read more @ New Telegraph

Thursday, 15 October 2015

OMOTOWA: PROBLEM OF GAS FLARING BEYOND NLNG

Omotowa: Problem of Gas Flaring Beyond NLNGThe Managing Director of the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG), Mr. Babs Omotowa, has said that despite the best efforts, the problem of gas flaring in beyond what they can handle alone.

Omotowa stated this on Wednesday when the management of NLNG paid a courtesy to the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas, at the Naval Headquarters (NHQ), Abuja
 

Monday, 12 October 2015

NIGERIA LNG REVENUES THREATENED AS ASIAN PRICES COLLAPSE

Nigeria LNG revenues threatened as Asian prices collapse Nigeria’s ability to cushion the fiscal blow from lower oil prices through higher gas earnings is being threatened as Asian LNG prices collapse. Nigeria LNG Ltd. (NLNG), Africa’s largest liquefied natural gas export terminal, had increasingly turned to Asian markets to sell its products due to lower European spot prices and surging output by United States shale producers.

Read more @ Businessday Online

Tuesday, 6 October 2015

OPERATORS SEEK NIGERIA LNG MODEL FOR FUNDING JOINT VENTURE PROJECTS

Operators Seek Nigeria LNG Model for Funding Joint Venture ProjectsExecutives of some exploration and production (E&P) have advocated for the adoption of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) model for funding joint venture projects by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and some local and international oil companies operating in the country

Read more @ Thisday Online