FAQs

Nigeria's Decade of Gas initiative is a joint government and private sector effort to use the country's natural gas resources for economic development and energy transition. Launched in 2021, it aims to make Nigeria a gas-powered economy by 2030.

Through policy reform, gas supply project maturation, infrastructure expansion, capacity building and investment attraction.

In practice that means a prioritised pipeline of projects: 60 Wave 1 demand projects (~7.4 bcfd), 20 supply fields (~4.6 bcfd) and 16 infrastructure projects requiring about $22bn of investment by 2030.

Five supply fields have already passed Final Investment Decision, and four infrastructure projects — including OB3, the AKK pipeline, the Escravos–Odidi–Warri expansion lines and the ELPS midline compressor — are under construction.

Stakeholders can follow the gas-to-power debt clearance programme on the Arrears Tracker and project delivery on the Gas Supply Dashboard (sign-in required).

Gas pricing during the Decade of Gas should be:

A. Cost reflective across all segments of the value chain, so participants earn a normal rate of return while the sector grows.
B. Transparent and market-led, with a reasonable transition period from the current status quo.
C. Balanced for vulnerable end users, using market mechanisms that acknowledge affordability across socio-economic groups.

See Economic Principles.

The programme is steered by a Sponsors Group of government, regulators and industry, chaired by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), and delivered by a dedicated Secretariat.

Recent steps include NMDPRA's update to the Nigerian Gas Transportation Network Code, the gas-to-power debt clearance programme, and the National Grassroots LPG Penetration Programme.

Nigeria has over 215.19 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, which could drive economic growth and job creation. In President Tinubu's words, gas "is the resource that will catalyse the fundamental restructuring of the nation's economy for expansive growth."

Domestic demand — power, industrial parks, fertiliser and methanol, CNG and LPG — could account for around 60% of total gas demand by 2030.

Sixteen infrastructure projects — pipelines and compressor stations — have been prioritised, requiring about $22bn of investment by 2030. Full implementation of the Nigeria Transport Network Code will optimise use of the network, and a decarbonisation framework will help attract financing.

See Infrastructure.

Gas is central to Nigeria's energy transition. It can replace more carbon-intensive fuels in power generation, transport (CNG) and household cooking (LPG). The programme also calls for a decarbonisation framework so that gas infrastructure can attract financing.

Through more reliable gas-fired power, cleaner and cheaper cooking and transport fuels (LPG and CNG), and jobs from industrial parks and gas-based industries. Pricing principles explicitly protect vulnerable end users during the price transition.

The National Grassroots LPG Penetration Programme takes LPG to communities directly — for example, the Bayelsa LPG Outreach programme. State gas distribution projects (Ibadan, Bayelsa, Anambra, Aba and Port Harcourt) and industrial parks along the AKK corridor extend gas beyond the major hubs.

Twenty supply projects and fields could contribute ~4.6 bcfd within the decade, and production is expected to grow by more than 50%. New and expanded pipelines — including AKK, OB3, ELPS expansions and the TNGP lines — will move that gas to where it is needed.