Nigeria's Gas Master Plan 2026 and what it means for industry in Delta and Anambra

In its 2026 Gas Master Plan (GMP), NNPC Limited set out a clear national goal: put much more of Nigeria's own gas to work at home. For manufacturers, power producers and developers in Delta and Anambra States, that national agenda has a very practical local meaning. Here is what the plan says, and what it means for your facility.

What the Gas Master Plan sets out

The GMP 2026 is built around the Presidential mandate to raise national gas production to 10 billion cubic feet per day by 2027 and 12 billion cubic feet per day by 2030. It aims to attract more than 60 billion US dollars of new investment across the gas value chain by 2030, to eliminate routine gas flaring by 2027, and to deepen the domestic use of Nigeria's 209 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves. It sits within the Federal Government's wider Decade of Gas initiative.

Two of the plan's stated pillars matter most for industrial energy users:

• Market-driven, demand-led development. The plan prioritises commercial viability and growth led by real demand, rather than building ahead of it.
• Closing the infrastructure gap. The plan is explicit that Nigeria needs to close the gas deliverability and infrastructure gap across the country, so that gas reaches the industries that can use it.

What it means on the ground

A national target only becomes real when gas actually reaches a factory gate. That is the work of gas distribution: financing and building the pipelines, spur lines and metering stations that connect the national gas system to individual industrial and commercial customers.

This is exactly the role of the NGML-Gasland Horizon Delta and Anambra State Gas Distribution Joint Venture. Gasland Horizon operates in an unincorporated joint venture with NNPC Gas Marketing Limited, a subsidiary of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, to develop that last-mile distribution infrastructure across Delta and Anambra States. The venture's approach mirrors the plan's own pillars. We build against verified demand, and we build to close the local infrastructure gap so that businesses currently running on diesel and heavy fuel oil can switch to piped natural gas.

For an industrial user, the benefit is direct. Piped natural gas typically lowers fuel costs by 40 to 55 percent compared with diesel, removes the cost and risk of tanker deliveries, and is metered and billed on what is actually used.

What industrial users in the region should do now

The single most useful thing any business can do is make its demand visible. Development is sequenced by documented, verified demand, so the earlier a facility registers, the earlier it is assessed for connection.

If your business operates in Delta or Anambra State and runs on diesel, heavy fuel oil or LPFO, complete our Energy Data Form. It takes about ten minutes and lets our commercial and technical teams prepare a site-specific savings assessment at no cost and with no obligation. You can also read more about switching from diesel or explore our distribution areas.