Bonny Gas Transport
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| Company type | private, 100% subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Industry | Oil and gas |
| Founded | 1989 [1] |
| Products | services: LNG-tankers |
Bonny Gas Transport is a subsidiary of Nigeria LNG or NLNG which itself is an incorporated joint-venture of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Shell Gas B.V., TotalEnergies Gaz & Electricite Holdings and Eni International N.A. N. V. S.àr.l. It owns and operates a number of LNG tankers.[2]
The company
Bonny Gas Transport Limited, initially named Enellengee Limited, was incorporated in 1989 following the incorporation of Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG), to provide shipping capacity for NLNG. BGT owns and operates LNG tankers that transport NLNG’s products to its buyers. The Company is owned by NLNG and its shareholders.
Activities
BGT was set up 1989 by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) to transport all LNG gas produced by NLNG to customers.
Fleet
The website Helderline provides an overview of 13 of these ships.[2] [3]
Fleetlist
As of April 2012[update], the company owned and operated the following LNG carriers:[2][3]
| Name | launched | shipyard build-number |
IMO number | tonnage | flag | former name or notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LNG Abuja | 1980 | General Dynamics buildnr:54 |
7619587 | 93.619 |  Bahamas |
Lake Charles (1980–2000) |
| LNG Adamawa | 2005 | Hyundai buildnr:1470 |
9262211 | 118.000 |  Bermuda |
|
| LNG Akwa Ibom | 2004 | Hyundai buildnr:1469 |
9262209 | 118.000 | Bermuda |
sister-ship of LNG Adamawa |
| LNG Bayelsa | 2004 | Hyundai buildnr:1429 |
9241267 | 118.000 | Bermuda |
sister-ship of LNG Adamawa |
| LNG Bonny | 1981 | Kockums Shipyard buildnr: 559 |
7708948 | 71.472 | Bermuda |
Rhenania (1981–1991) |
| LNG Cross River | 2005 | Hyundai buildnr:1471 |
9262223 | 118.000 | Bermuda |
sister-ship of LNG Adamawa, |
| LNG Edo | 1980 | General Dynamics buildnr:53 |
7619587 | 93.619 | Bahamas |
Louisiana (1980–2000) sistership of LNG Abuja |
| LNG Finima | 1084 | Kockums Shipyard buildr:564 |
7702401 | 71.472 | Bermuda |
LNG 564 (1984–1991) sistership of LNG Bonny |
| LNG Lagos | 1977 | Chantiers de l'Atlantique buildnr:26 |
7360124 | 68.122 | Bermuda |
MV Gastor (1977–1993) |
| LNG Port Harcourt | 1976 | Chantiers de l'Atlantique buildnr:B26 |
7360136 | 68.122 | Bermuda |
MV Nestor (1976–1993) sistership of LNG Lagos |
| LNG River Niger | 2006 | Hyundai buildnr:1472 |
9262235 | 118.000 | Bermuda |
sister-ship of LNG Adamawa |
| LNG Rivers | 2002 | Hyundai buildnr:1295 |
9216298 | 114.354 | Bermuda |
|
| LNG Sokoto[4] | 2002 | Hyundai buildnr:1296 |
9216303 | 114.354 | Bermuda |
sister-ship of LNG Rivers |
Sources and references
- ^ NLNG
- ^ a b c Helderline website with overview of ships operated by BGT Bermuda Shell, visited 21 April 2012
- ^ a b Helderline website with overview of ships sailing for BGT Bermuda Shell, visited 21 April 2012
- ^ Briefly shown in Engineering Connections - Supertanker | Science Documentary, Richard Hammond, at 48:50, via YouTube.