Nigeria: NNPC - Chevron, Shell's Withdrawal From OKLNG Will Not Affect Gas Agenda

2 September 2013

Abuja — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has allayed the fears that the recent decision of Shell and Chevron Nigeria Limited to withdraw from the Olokola Liquefied Natural Gas Project (OKLNG), may derail the President Goodluck Jonathan's Gas Revolution Agenda launched in March 2011.

In a statement by the acting Group General Manager, Group Public Affairs Division of the NNPC, Tumini Green, the corporation stated that the gas revolution agenda was not only intact but had since taken off with a significant progress in gas supply for power generation and industrial usage.

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