Nigeria, June 15 -- The Nigeria LNG held a ceremony Tuesday to mark the commencement of the construction of its Train 7 project, aimed at boosting Nigeria's liquefied natural gas output by some 35 per cent.

The long-expected $10 billion project is expected to add around 8 million tonnes a year of liquefied natural gas to NLNG, taking the total to around 30 million tonnes per year. Nigeria's LNG production has been declining in recent years.

It will create 12,000 direct jobs, NLNG managing director Tony Attah said at the event Tuesday.

President Muhammadu Buhari, who did the groundbreaking via video conference, urged that the project be delivered on time so that the Train 8 project can commence.

The president said the NLNG has earned r...