Nigeria's domestic gas sales increase 30% due to reforms
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Nigeria's domestic gas market experienced a 30% rise in sales between January 2022 and January 2025, driven by reforms under the Petroleum Industry Act 2021 and recent executive orders by President Bola Tinubu, according to a legal analysis by Tope Adebayo LP. The Lagos-based law firm stated that these reforms have enhanced regulatory clarity, fiscal attractiveness, and investor confidence in the gas value chain, despite ongoing infrastructure gaps and implementation challenges. Nigeria, possessing over 206 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, has historically struggled to convert these resources into domestic energy due to underinvestment, weak infrastructure, and gas flaring. Domestic gas sales increased from 49.3bscf in January 2022 to 64.2bscf in January 2025. The PIA is described as a comprehensive reform that established a stronger foundation for domestic gas development through regulatory clarity, pricing liberalization, infrastructure support, and investment incentives. Structural reforms, including the creation of separate regulatory authorities, have improved oversight. The Domestic Gas Delivery Obligation framework, with its penalties for non-compliance, aims to boost supply to strategic sectors like power generation. Improvements in gas utilization and supply performance, along with reductions in gas flaring and the expansion of the Nigerian Gas Flare Commercialisation Programme, were also noted. The PIA introduced open-access provisions for infrastructure,
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