KEY POINTS
- Nigeria’s gas production has reached 7.85 billion standard cubic feet per day this year.
- Domestic gas use passed 2 billion cubic feet daily as exports hit a five-year high.
- More than 100,000 vehicles have now been converted to compressed natural gas nationwide.
Nigeria’s gas output has climbed to 7.85 billion standard cubic feet per day this year. The figure points to steady progress in a sector the government wants at the heart of the economy.
Officials shared the numbers at a media training session in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The Decade of Gas Secretariat ran the event with the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas and Electric Vehicles.
The session drew 30 journalists from television, radio, print and digital newsrooms. It aimed to sharpen reporting on gas, energy security and jobs.
Taofeek Balogun of the Decade of Gas Secretariat laid out the headline figures. He said domestic gas use had passed the 2 billion cubic feet per day mark. Gas exports have also risen to their highest level in five years. Balogun tied the gains to demand from power plants, factories, transport, exports and homes.
A pipeline milestone and cleaner cooking
He pointed to a major infrastructure win in the same briefing. NNPCL and partners have finished the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben River Niger crossing, known as OB3. The pipeline strengthens gas transport across the country. Balogun said it would support industry, attract investment and shore up energy security.
The government is also pushing gas into Nigerian kitchens. Balogun said it wanted to put cooking gas cylinders in 5 million households by 2030.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ekperikpe Ekpo, has rolled out the plan across the six geopolitical zones. The next phase moves to state level, starting with Bayelsa in July 2026. About 27,000 households in Bayelsa should receive cylinders within the year. That falls under a target of 1 million homes a year.
Gas on the roads
The drive extends to how Nigerians move. Tosin Coker, chief operating officer of Pi-CNG and EV, said the country was widening the use of compressed natural gas and electric vehicles. He cast both as cleaner and cheaper alternatives to petrol and diesel. The aim is to cut transport costs and lift energy efficiency.
The government is also leading by example with its own fleets. Coker said ministries and agencies were converting vehicles and buying new CNG-powered ones.
More than 100,000 vehicles have now been converted to CNG nationwide. Coker said the figure showed rising public acceptance of alternative fuels. The officials framed all of it as one journey. They want gas to power homes, factories and vehicles as the country leans away from costlier fuels.
Both bodies promised to keep engaging the media and the public.
