Initially scheduled for late August 2026, the plant's synchronization with the capital's power grid remains contingent on establishing a viable gas supply chain. In the absence of interconnected cross-border pipelines and with domestic gas fields—primarily exploited by Perenco and CNPC for their own consumption—saturated, N'Djamena is favoring a "virtual pipeline" option. This model relies on overland transport via cryogenic tanker trucks from Nigerian liquefaction units to the consumption site. The Chadian government mission inspected Greenville LNG's operating sites in Kaduna, Port Harcourt, and Maiduguri to assess the fluidity of processing procedures and the robustness of the distribution fleet. Headed by Belgian industrialist Eddy Van den Broeke, the Nigerian operator relies on the Rumuji complex (Rivers State), with a processing capacity of 2,250 tonnes of LNG per day, and operates a fleet of over 800 specialized tankers. 

For Chad, finalizing this supply agreement would avoid the high capital expenditure of pipeline transport infrastructure. However, effective deployment of the system requires negotiating sustainable tariff structures for the public treasury, as well as the prior construction, on the Farcha site, of reception, cryogenic storage, and regasification units. Chad's efforts fall within a regional trend marked by the growing use of LNG to address power supply deficits and support the industrial fabric in the CEMAC zone and West Africa. This dynamic echoes initiatives by industrial players in the Douala port area in Cameroon, which have also explored the Nigerian group's supply solutions to secure their production processes.


Bernardo

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