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NIGERIA AND GAS
A P P O I N T M E N T
Dr. Philip Mshelbila
Managing Director/CEO,
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG)
Mshelbila Appointed
as NLNG’s CEO,
Managing Director
The Board of Directors of NLNG has approved the
appointment of Dr. Philip Mshelbila as the new
Managing Director/CEO of NLNG.
He succeeds Mr. Tony A ah.
The Board of Directors of Nigeria
LNG Limited (NLNG) has approved
the appointment of Dr. Philip
Mshelbila as the new Managing
Director/Chief Executive Officer. He
succeeds Mr. Tony Attah.
According to the Company’s General
Manager, External Relations and
Sustainable Development, Eyono Fatayi-
Williams, Engr. Attah returned to his parent
company, Shell, on 30th August 2021 at the
expiration of his five-year tenure at the
helm of affairs. Engr. Attah was appointed
Chief Executive Officer by the NLNG Board
in July 2016.
Dr Philip Mshelbila resumes office at the
company on August 31, 2021.
On March 2021, Nigeria’s President,
Muhammadu Buhari formerly unveiled
“The Decade of Gas”, an initiative designed
to ensure Nigeria takes advantage of the
global energy transition, adding that the
“Decade of Gas” initiative was a bold step
to demonstrate its Administration’s
commitment towards gas development
and utilization.
Mshelbila, who comes with an extensive
experience in Gas Resource Management,
having served as Managing Director of
Shell Nigeria Gas Ltd; Commercial
Manager and Project Development
Manager in Shell Gas & Power, and
currently Chief Executive Officer of Atlantic
LNG Company of Trinidad and Tobago,
would contribute his part to the country’s gas
ambition.
On the other hand, with an indepth background
in Communications, Community Relations and
Sustainable Development, Mshelbila’s arrival is
anticipated to help close the gaps in host
community relations, for which agitations have
been on the rise in recent times with the
company gasping for ideas on how to respond
adequately.
Dr. Philip Mshelbila has served as Shell’s
General Manager for Communications in West
Africa; General Manager, Sustainable
Development and Community Relations for
Shell Companies in Nigeria; and Private
Assistant to the Chief Executive of Royal Dutch
Shell; Regional (Business) Adviser, Shell
International, The Netherlands, and Regional
Health Manager, Africa; roles that entailed
managing sustainable development and social
investment as well as relations with
communities, local and state governments in
the Niger Delta.
His goal in NLNG remains to sustain the
company’s historical excellent performance
while working to raise the company to the next
level and continuing to make NLNG an
inspiration to Nigeria as part of NLNG’s vision of
helping to build a better Nigeria.
NLNG is an incorporated Joint-Venture owned
by four Shareholders, namely, the Federal
Government of Nigeria, represented by
Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (49%),
Shell Gas B.V. (25.6%), Total Gaz Electricite
Holdings France (15%), and Eni International N.A.
N.V. S.àr.l (10.4%).
Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) is a major player ​in the
global LNG business. Today, NLNG has a total
production capacity of 22 Million Tons Per Annum
(mtpa) of LNG and 5mtpa of Natural Gas Liquids
(NGLs) from its six-train plant complex.
The company has 16 long-term Sale and Purchase
Agreements (SPAs) with 10 buyers and controls
about 6 per cent of global LNG trade.
NLNG began its intervention in the supply of
Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), otherwise known
as cooking gas, to the domestic market in 2007
under the NLNG DLPG Scheme. The supply has
stimulated growth in the industry, guaranteeing
LPG supply, availability and affordability. This has
also inspired the development of different parts of
the DLPG value chain.
In 2019, NLNG shareholders took the Final
Investment Decision (FID) on its 7th train and
awarded the Engineering, Procurement and
Construction (EPC) contracts for the plant
expansion in 2020. The long-awaited expansion
will increase production capacity by 35 per cent
from 22mtpa to 30mtpa and enhance NLNG’s
competitiveness in the global market.
The company has a proven track record of resilient
performance (Operational Excellence, HSE, etc.)
and unswerving profitability.​
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