KBR awarded contract to support Nigeria s future energy ambitions
KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) has announced it will be supporting the development of Nigeria s first ever Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility, enabling economic growth and sustainability of the country s future energy supplies.
The award, by UTM Offshore Limited, builds on over 40 years of KBR s continuous LNG experience and depth of FLNG capabilities. Acting as Owner s Engineers, KBR will be responsible for a multi-disciplined due diligence review of the Pre-Front End Engineering Design, being completed by Japanese engineering company JGC.
UTM Offshore is leading the development of the 1.2 million tonnes per annum FLNG facility in collaboration with LNG Investment Management Services, a subsidiary of Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation.
Nigeria s UTM orders FLNG studies
May 12, 2021 9:50:am
Summary It would be the first FLNG to be deployed in the west African state and would bring an end to NLNG s monopoly over the country s LNG exports.
by: Joseph Murphy
Nigeria s UTM Offshore has hired Japan s JGC and US firm KBR to study its plan for a floating LNG project, capable of exporting up to 176mn ft³/day (1.8bn m³/yr) of gas.
UTM signed.
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