{"id":"nigeria-nnpc-gas-hub-plan-september-2026","canonicalSlug":"nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","url":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","language":"en","title":"NNPC sets out gas expansion targets at Gastech","summary":"The company described domestic use and LNG exports as parallel parts of Nigeria’s gas strategy.","body":["NNPC Limited’s executive vice-president for Gas, Power and New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, outlined the company’s gas strategy at the Gastech conference in Bangkok on 14 September 2026. NNPC said Nigeria has more than 215 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves and framed the country’s ambition as building domestic industrial use while expanding exports.","The company said its Gas Master Plan is intended to help move resources toward a potential above 600 trillion cubic feet. Its stated near-term national production targets are 10 billion standard cubic feet per day by 2027 and 12 billion by 2030. These are policy and company targets, not present production levels or guaranteed outcomes.","NNPC cited Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 as having 22 million tonnes per year of LNG production capacity and more than 6,000 cargoes exported since 1999. It said Train 7 was due for completion in 2027. Ogunleye argued that exports and domestic gas use can grow together, with export revenue alongside supply for power and industry."],"keyPoints":[],"sections":[],"text":"NNPC sets out gas expansion targets at Gastech\n\nThe company described domestic use and LNG exports as parallel parts of Nigeria’s gas strategy.\n\nNNPC Limited’s executive vice-president for Gas, Power and New Energy, Olalekan Ogunleye, outlined the company’s gas strategy at the Gastech conference in Bangkok on 14 September 2026. NNPC said Nigeria has more than 215 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves and framed the country’s ambition as building domestic industrial use while expanding exports.\n\nThe company said its Gas Master Plan is intended to help move resources toward a potential above 600 trillion cubic feet. Its stated near-term national production targets are 10 billion standard cubic feet per day by 2027 and 12 billion by 2030. These are policy and company targets, not present production levels or guaranteed outcomes.\n\nNNPC cited Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 as having 22 million tonnes per year of LNG production capacity and more than 6,000 cargoes exported since 1999. It said Train 7 was due for completion in 2027. Ogunleye argued that exports and domestic gas use can grow together, with export revenue alongside supply for power and industry.","category":"energy","region":"world","topics":[],"eventDate":"2026-09-14","eventDateBasis":"source-event-or-period","publishedAt":"2026-10-06T20:15:13Z","modifiedAt":"2026-10-06T20:15:13Z","publicationBasis":"first-publication","preparedAt":null,"sourcePublishedAt":"2026-09-14","translatedAt":null,"sources":[{"name":"NNPC Limited","url":"https://nnpcgroup.com/insights/press-release-nnpc-activating-multiple-pathways-to-transform-nigeria-into-global-gas-hub","checkedAt":"2026-10-06","publishedAt":"2026-09-14"}],"translations":{"en":"https://wellficent.com/en/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","tr":"https://wellficent.com/tr/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","ar":"https://wellficent.com/ar/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","fr":"https://wellficent.com/fr/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","es":"https://wellficent.com/es/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","ru":"https://wellficent.com/ru/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech","pt":"https://wellficent.com/pt/news/nnpc-sets-out-gas-expansion-targets-at-gastech"},"corrections":[],"locations":[]}