Sanction of the Brass LNG project has been delayed to thefirst quarter of next year.

Brass board chairman Jackson Gaius-Obaseki told local mediathat the 10 million tonnes per annum project could still see a final investmentdecision earlier than that time frame.

The Nigerian export project has seen repeated delays of asanction decision.

In December, government officials said they were confidentFID would be taken in the third quarter of this year.

Government-controlled