By Teddy Nwanunobi
KBR, Inc. has been awarded the contract to support Nigeria’s future energy ambitions with Nigeria’s first ever Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility, it announced in a statement on Thursday.
It said that it will be supporting the development of the FLNG facility to enable Nigeria’s economic growth and sustainability of its 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 (NNPC).
“Through our highly experienced team, rich history in LNG and clear focus on shaping sustainable solutions that support effective energy transition and carbon footprint reduction, we’re excited by the opportunity to support UTM Offshore and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to drive Nigeria’s wider energy ambitions,” KBR President on Sustainable Technology Solutions, Jay Ibrahim, said.
As a lower carbon fuel and potential means to monetise flared gas, LNG is key in the progressive drive toward energy transition and a lower carbon future.
This project will support the vision of UTM Offshore to contribute to decarbonisation in Nigeria through gas monetisation.
Valuechain had earlier reported on Tuesday, May 11, 2021 that the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has pledged support to the hitch-free completion of Nigeria’s first floating Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) production plant.
The DPR Director, Engr. Sarki Auwalu, gave the assurance at the online contract signing of an agreement by indigenous oil and gas company, UTM Offshore Limited, and its partners on the project.
The pre-front end engineering design (Pre-Feed) agreement was signed between UTM and JGC Corporation (UK) Limited.
UTM also signed a contract with KBR Engineering Company for the third-party review of the Pre-Feed deliverables from JGC.