Sahara Group has placed an order for two Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) vessels to further drive access to clean energy in Africa, in line with its commitment to promoting the continent’s march towards energy transition. Sahara Group, through its subsidiary Sahara Energy, has a stake in four vessels which are registered under West Africa Gas, also known as West Africa LPG, a joint venture between Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) and Ocean Bed Trading. Ocean Bed Trading is an oil and gas trading company and is a subsidiary of Sahara Energy. West Africa Gas currently owns four HMD-built LPG carriers: the 38,148-cbm Africa Gas and Sahara Gas (both built-in 2017) and the 2022-built 23,000-cbm Sapet Gas and Barumk Gas. Also speaking at the event, Executive Director, Sahara Group, Temitope Shonubi said Sahara Group was making remarkable progress in the construction of over 120,000 metric tonnes of storage facilities in 11 African countries, including Nigeria, Senegal, Ghana, Cote d’Ivoire, Tanzania, and Zambia, among others.

Source: Nigerian Tribune July 15, 2023 17:02 UTC