Nigeria: Protest Stalls $1.3bn LNG Project

5 September 2006

Lagos — Production targets of the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) may no longer be feasible as a two-weeks-old labour dispute at the company has slowed construction of Train 6 of the Bonny LNG plant. THISDAY Checks yesterday revealed that workers building the $1.25 bn Train 6 expansion, have been staging sit-ins at the site on Bonny Island in Rivers State since Aug 18.

"There has been a disagreement between our contractor, TSKJ and its workers over pay dispute and this has slowed down work on the train six project," a source disclosed yesterday.

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