“The explosion resulted in the death of 40-year-old Joshua Nichols of Lake Charles … The pipelines have been blocked, and one remains on fire, burning the remaining natural gas in the line,” the Louisiana State Police said in a statement earlier on Monday.
In a move set to strengthen bilateral cooperation in West Africa, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria have signed an agreement for the construction of the Gulf of Guinea Gas Pipeline Project. A joint regional pipeline development, the project will transport gas from Nigeria to Equatorial Guinea. Under the terms of the deal, gas will be processed at Equatorial Guinea’s LNG processing facilities at Punta Europa on Bioko Island – owned by the state-owned EG LNG – signaling new opportunities for energy security on the back of bilateral collaboration.
The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) has identified more than 30% of families in vulnerable conditions throughout the country, to provide them with social benefits, in order to achieve energy inclusion in the regions.
The company estimates reserves of 70.8 bcm (2.5 tcf) of gas in place, with significant upside through further exploration.
Driven by fears that Russia may cut supply to Europe, the EU imported more LNG from the U.S. than pipeline gas from Russia for the first time ever