Nigeria LNG Train 7 to use Air Products’ LNG technology
Nigeria LNG (NLNG) LLC engineering, procurement, and construction contractor SCD JV Scarl—a joint venture of Saipem SPA, Chiyoda Corp., and Daewoo Engineering & Construction Co.— has signed Air Products Inc. to provide liquefaction technology for the NLNG Train 7 expansion. Train 7 will add 8 million tonnes/year (tpy) to the Bonny Island plant’s 22-million tpy capacity, with Air Products targeting 2023 delivery.
The project includes one complete LNG train and one combined liquefaction unit. Air Products will provide the main cryogenic heat exchangers (MCHEs) and process technology for both. Air Products will build the LNG heat exchangers at its Port Manatee, Fla., manufacturing plant.
The company provided the MCHEs and process technology for the first six NLNG trains with production beginning in 1999 for the first and 2007 for the sixth. All six LNG trains continue production.
The NLNG joint venture includes NNPC (49%), Shell Gas BV (25.6%), Total Gaz Electricite Holdings France (15%), and Eni International NA NV Sarl (10.4%).
