Hawilti has marked the launch of its gas research programme on Nigeria with the release of a comprehensive investment report on the country’s natural gas sector earlier this week.
The 2022-2023 programme seeks to analyse the growth of Nigeria’s natural gas value-chain in light of current regional and global market dynamics. While the Nigerian government had already been pushing for a stronger adoption of gas domestically, the war in Ukraine has repositioned Nigeria as a strong potential gas supplier for the export market as well.
Long-stalled projects such as Brass LNG or the Nigeria-Morocco Gas Pipeline (NMGP) could benefit from renewed interest in exporting African gas. Meanwhile, the need to secure energy for Nigerian households and industries, especially in a context of soaring diesel prices, is putting pressure on the country’s gas value-chain to provide alternative solutions such as compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and piped natural gas (PNG).

To address those challenges, Nigeria has chosen gas as its key transition fuel and named the 2020-2030 period as “Decade of Gas” in a bid to monetize its 206 Tcf of gas reserves to drive industrialization, create jobs, and generate revenue.
This is in turn generating increased interests from local and foreign investors seeking to invest in the country. While little confidence exists in the strength of Nigeria’s domestic gas value-chain, long-term industry fundamentals support a strong case for investing into the country’s gas production and infrastructure.
Hawilti’s research programme is developing new data sets and perspectives into the Nigerian market, focusing on private sector-led initiatives and projects across the exploration & production and midstream segments, while highlighting the growth potential of key commodities such as LPG, LNG, and CNG.
All market information generated as part of the programme is now available on the Hawilti+ research programme and to Hawilti subscribers and partners. In addition, Hawilti will be expanding its suite of quarterly sector watch on the country’s LPG and small-scale LNG industries, while releasing a new comprehensive investment report twice a year.