President Bola Tinubu yesterday said Nigeria is poised to deliver clean and sustainable energy solutions not just in-country but also across Africa and beyond.
He spoke at the commissioning ceremony of a 40,000 cubic meters (CBM) Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessel, christened MT Iyaloja (Lagos), in Ulsan, South Korea, according to a statement issued by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL).
According to the oil company, the vessel owned by WAGL Energy Limited (an NNPC Ltd. /Sahara Group Joint Venture) is a dual-fuel, fully refrigerated LPG carrier.
This latest addition brings WAGL’s total LPG vessel capacity to 162,000 CBM. Other vessels in the fleet include MT Africa Gas, MT Sahara Gas, MT BaruMK, and MT Sapet.
Represented by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, Tinubu commended WAGL Energy Limited, NNPC Limited and Sahara Group, for their strategic foresight, technical excellence and unwavering dedication to expanding Africas role in the global clean energy value-chain.
