Cote D’ Ivoire Declares Interest In Nigerian’s LNG Supplies

In view of the rising energy demands in the West African Country of the Republic of Cote D’Ivoire, the nation has signaled her intentions to procure Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from Nigeria according to a statement disclosed by Ohi Alegbe, the Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Department, NNPC, Vanguards Reports.

The delegation from the Ivorien Ministry of Energy to the NNPC Towers in Abuja was led by one of the directors, Kone Moussa. The statement by Mr. Alegbe informed that the package, which was the first of its kind in the West African sub-region, would see Nigeria commit a small chunk of its daily LNG output which stood at over three billion cubic feet of gas per day to its sub-regional neighbour.

The Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr Joseph Dawha, while receiving the delegation, said the corporation was ready to cash in on the opportunity in line with its overall strategic expansion drive for Nigeria’s LNG market.

“As you know, the West African Gas Pipeline terminates in Ghana; so Cote D’Ivoire has come to request that we bring gas to them in the first instance by LNG and ultimately in the future by extension of the pipeline’’ he said. “What this means is that in future we don’t have to go as far as Europe or Asia to supply LNG when we can do so next door,’’ he added.