THE Group Managing Director, of UTM Offshore Limited, UTMOL, Mr. Julius Rone, OFR, fondly called ‘The Gas King,’ has lived up to that title when he took the bold steps toward the implementation of Nigeria’s first floating liquefied natural gas, FLNG, facility. This, which is in line with the Federal government’s ‘Decade of Gas Initiative,” remains very strategic as it would enhance energy transition, employment, capacity building, transfer of…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) signed a heads of agreement with UTM Offshore Ltd to take a 20% stake in the UTM floating liquid natural gas (FLNG) project The UTM FLNG project is a milestone for Nigeria, significantly improving access to gas-based cooking in the West African nation, set to produce 176 million cubic feet of gas per day from the Yoho gas field, offshore Nigeria. Nigeria has more…

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), signed a Heads of Terms (HoT) agreement with UTM Offshore Limited for the construction of the nation’s first indigenous floating liquified natural gas (LNG) project. The signing of the agreement took place at the NNPC headquarters in Abuja. In a statement by Garba Deen Muhammad, the chief corporate communications officer of the company, NNPCL said the agreement is a step towards bolstering Nigeria’s…

The Group Managing Director / CEO of the UTM Group of Companies: Mr. Julius Rone signs the MoU for the development of first Floating LNG production plant in the West African Sub-Saharan region. In partnership with the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) raised an initial sum of $2 billion for the first phase, with a commitment to $3 billion in the second phase. This is in line with the firm’s strategic…

The Group Managing Director / CEO of the UTM Group of Companies: Mr. Julius RONE signs the Preliminary – Front End Engineering Design (Pre-FEED) for the first Floating LNG production plant in the West African Sub Saharan with JGC Corporation, Japan. The Pre-FEED Agreement milestone follows after the award of the License to Establish (LTE) of the FLNG production plant by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) to UTM Offshore…

Nigeria’s quest for energy transition received a huge boost on Wednesday as an indigenous firm, UTM Offshore Limited signed agreements with three technical partners – Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR) UK; Japan Gas Corporation (JGC), Japan and Technip Energies Limited, France – for the commencement of the Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) for Nigeria’s first Floating Liquefied Natural Gas (FLNG) facility. The agreements were signed at a brief event at the…