Vitol has signed a 10-year deal with Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) to boost the volume of its Liquefied Natural Gas by 500,000 tonnes per annum from 2021.
While the financial details of the deal weren’t disclosed, the deal would help NLNG remarket volumes from existing production lines at its Bonny Island plant with a number of contracts is due to expire.
Vitol’s deal with NLNG is somewhat a response to competitors’ activities in the market. Commodity companies like Trafigura and Gunvor, are reportedly increasing their traded spot cargo volumes with multi-year LNG deals as well.
Speaking on the ten-year deal, Vitol stated, “The agreement underscores NLNG’s drive…to deliver LNG on a global scale in a low carbon world where gas/LNG will continue to be the preferred complementary energy source alongside renewables.”
According to Reuters in a report, NLNG will provide shipping for the cargoes as Vitol would purchase volumes from Trains 1, 2 and 3 of a six-train NLNG production facility on Bonny Island under the sales and purchase agreement, which was signed on December 11 and will start in October 2021.
NLNG, not the only Vitol dealer: Before the deal with NLNG, it was learned that since 2018, United State producer Cheniere an
