The Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Company, which is partly owned by the Federal government of Nigeria, represented by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has signed engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for construction of Train 7 Project.

The signing of the EPC contract with the SCD JV consortium made of Saipem of Italy, Japan’s Chiyoda and Daewoo of South Korea has led to the commencement of the detail, design and construction phase of the project which is expected to increase the capacity of NLNG’s current six-train plant by 35 percent from the present 22 million tpa to 30 million tpa.

The search for an EPC contractor for construction of Train 7 Project began in July 2018 with the signing of Front End Engineering Design (FEED) with two consortia in a Dual FEED Process.

The consortia, B7 JV Consortium, and SCD JV Consortium participated in the Dual FEED Process which led to their bidding to construct the train. In September 2019, NLNG issued a letter of intent (LoI) for the EPC contracts of the project to SCD JV Consortium.

The letter expresses the intention to award the main EPC Contract, subject to the signing of the terms, to the preferred bidder after a contracting process that has been transparent, and in full compliance with all applicable laws and good industry practices.

The project is expected to create about 10,000 new jobs during the construction stage, and on completion, help to further diversify the revenue portfolio of the Federal government and increase its tax base.