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More Gas for EU: Nigeria


FILE: Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva speaks during the Saudi Green Initiative Forum to discuss efforts by the world's top oil exporter to tackle climate change in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Taken 10.23.2021
FILE: Nigeria's Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva speaks during the Saudi Green Initiative Forum to discuss efforts by the world's top oil exporter to tackle climate change in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Taken 10.23.2021

Nigeria will be able to send more liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe by next winter, Oil Minister Timipre Sylva said on Wednesday at the Gastech conference in Milan.

Nigeria will soon take the final decision over the investment to build the LNG terminal infrastructure, Minister Timipre Sylva said, adding that the project is likely to cost more than $10 billion.

The Nigerian and Algerian state oil companies will be involved, Sylva said, adding that other private investors have also shown interest.

Italian energy group Eni may also be involved in the project, he said without elaborating.

"Everybody is welcome," he added.

As Europe seeks alternatives to dwindling supplies of Russian gas, the minister said that security issues are delaying deliveries of more gas at the moment, but Nigeria will build a pipeline to send Nigerian gas through Algeria to Europe.

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