NNPC Seeks Global Partnership in Gas Development

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, (NNPC), is leading the drive to attract massive global investments into the nation’s gas sub-sector as a way of ameliorating the effect of drop in crude oil prices on the Nigerian economy.
In an address at the panel session organinsed by the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, (PETAN), at the ongoing Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, the Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Dr. Joseph T. Dawha, noted that with its immense gas potentials, Nigeria “needs not be and must not be a victim of price drop, instead we should position to benefit from it”.
The GMD who was represented by Dr. David Ige, Group Executive Director, Gas and Power of the NNPC, said for the nation’s gas sub-sector to benefit from the drive, industry players must brace up for the challenges ahead.
“The Nigerian gas sector has seen tremendous focus in the last few years. We have grown capacity at a pace of 18-20 percent with supply now at about two billion cubic feet of gas per day in the domestic market from a humble start of about 300 million cubic feet per day a few years ago”, he said.
The GMD said that based on projected growth demand anchored on growing industrial requirements, the sub-sector may need to grow further to some six billion cubic feet of Gas per day.
He noted that despite the annual investment of millions of dollars in the last four years in gas supply and infrastructure, there is need for significant addition to infrastructure and supply development.