Three subsidiaries of Dangote Industries Limited — Dangote Petroleum Refinery, Dangote Fertiliser Plant, and Dangote Cement Plc — have scaled up their Gas Sales and Purchase Agreements (GSPAs) with subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), including Nigerian Gas Marketing Limited and NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company Limited (NGIC).
The up-scaled agreements, announced over the weekend, are aimed at meeting the energy demands of ongoing expansion projects across the three Dangote subsidiaries, while supporting the conglomerate’s Vision 2030 objectives of increased output and cleaner energy supply.
The agreements were signed at the unveiling of the NNPC Gas Master Plan (GMP) 2026, tagged “NGMP 2026,” held at NNPC Towers, Abuja.
Representing their companies at the ceremony were David Bird, Managing Director and CEO of Dangote Petroleum Refinery; Arvid Pathak, Group Managing Director of Dangote Cement Plc; and Mustapha Matawalle for Dangote Fertiliser FZE.
Speaking at the event, Bird said the agreement demonstrated the refinery’s bold steps to expand capacity, describing it as a critical milestone in securing the vast energy requirements needed to increase production.
Pathak added that the deal supports Dangote Cement’s strategic objectives, promoting the adoption of Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as Autogas and cleaner fuels to meet growing production demands.
Matawalle noted that the agreement would underpin Dangote Fertiliser FZE’s capacity expansion, given that fertiliser production is heavily reliant on natural gas.
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Rt. Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo, described the Gas Master Plan as a deliberate shift from policy articulation to disciplined execution, anchored on commercial viability and sector-wide coordination.
“Nigeria is fundamentally a gas nation. Our challenge has never been potential, but translating resources into reliable supply, infrastructure into value, and policy into measurable outcomes for our economy and our people,” Ekpo said.
The minister highlighted that the plan prioritises supply reliability, infrastructure expansion, domestic and export market flexibility, and strategic partnerships, in line with the federal government’s Decade of Gas Initiative.
“This positions natural gas as the backbone of Nigeria’s energy security, industrialisation, and just energy transition,” he added.
Group CEO of NNPC Ltd, Bayo Ojulari, described NGMP 2026 as an execution-focused roadmap designed to unlock Nigeria’s gas potential and elevate the country into a globally competitive gas hub.
Nigeria has about 210 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves, with an upside potential of up to 600 Tcf.
The plan aims to increase national gas production to 10 billion cubic feet per day by 2027 and 12 billion cubic feet per day by 2030, while catalyzing over $60 billion in new investments across the oil and gas value chain.
Ojulari added that the plan emphasises cost optimisation, operational excellence, and systematic advancement of resources from 3P to bankable 2P reserves, while ensuring gas supply to power generation, CNG, Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), Mini-LNG, and critical industrial off-takers.
He stressed that NNPC had adopted a collaborative, investor-centric approach in shaping NGMP 2026, with strong alignment to stakeholders and industry partners.
