The project to be executed by China Harbour Engineering Company, which had carried out similar projects across the globe as well as in Nigeria, which feasibility study is being funded by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board as part of its overarching mandate to domicile key oil and gas industry infrastructure and increase retention of industry spend.
Jamoh noted that high traffic of vessels in and out of Nigeria provides a huge opportunity to retain substantial value in-country through the provision of dry-dock services. Earlier, the ES of NCDMB, Simbi Wabote, said, the Nigeria LNG’s Train 7 project is expected to increase the company’s Liquefied Natural Gas capacity from 22MTPA to 30MTPA and induce the acquisition of additional LNG carriers to the existing ones, all of which would need maintenance and servicing.
He expressed confidence that the outcomes of the feasibility study and subsequent construction and operation of the shipyard will create employment opportunities and contribute to poverty reduction in line with the aspirations of the government.