Shell Seals Gas Supply Agreement With Lagos/Ogun Industrial Customers

Shell Nigeria Gas has signed a 20-year agreement for the domestic distribution of gas to industrial customers and manufacturing plants in Lagos and Ogun States.

SNG’s Managing Director, Ed Ubong, in a statement said that the new deal will aid the extension of gas distribution to Badagry, its border community as well as enhance further industrialisation in Agbara, Igbesa and Ota areas of Ogun State.

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He said the agreement will enable local industries to thrive and create employment opportunities for Nigerians.

“We look forward to continuing to grow domestic gas distribution to industries and manufacturing plants in Ogun State and other parts of Nigeria while unleashing the industrial potential of Badagry,” Ubong said.

He commended the effort of the Nigerian Gas Company in supporting the activities of SNG to provide gas to industries and manufacturing plants in Nigeria.

The Country Chairman, Shell Companies in Nigeria, Osagie Okunbor, said the companies will continue to turn Nigeria’s domestic gas opportunities into reality through strategic intent to develop enough gas to meet current commitments and future growth plans.

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According to him, SNG is partnering stakeholders to build infrastructure and deliver natural gas to over 150 industrial and commercial customers, mostly in Ogun, Abia, Oyo, Rivers, Bayelsa and Lagos States.

“The agreements drive industrialisation, provide employment for skilled and unskilled local population in addition to directly improving internally generated revenues in these states,” he added.

The Managing Director of Nigerian Gas Marketing Corporation, Faruk Usman, also noted that the agreement would enable the parties to further unlock the potential of the domestic gas market and contribute to industrialisation in Nigeria.

He said, “We continue to work with credible partners to accelerate the marketing and distribution of natural gas to major industrial users in Nigeria in line with the vision of the Federal Government of Nigeria and the steers of the Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.”

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