The NGC was established in 1988 as one of the 11 subsidiaries of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).

It is charged with the development of an efficient gas industry to fully serve Nigeria's energy and industrial feedstock needs through an integrated gas pipeline network and also to export natural gas and its derivatives to the West African Sub-region.

NGC is committed to adding value to natural gas and making it an energy resource of first choice for the benefit of all stakeholders. The company was established to efficiently gather, treat, transmit and market Nigeria’s natural gas and its by-products to major industrial and utility gas distribution companies in Nigeria and neighbouring countries. Gas will be piped through pipelines and other distribution systems at a price that will yield an optimum return on invested capital.

The NGC currently operates eight (8) supply systems namely: the Sapele gas supply systems, which supplies gas to NEPA Power Station at Ogorode, Sapele, the AladIa system, which supplies the Delta Steel Company, Aladja and the Sapele-Oben-Ajaokuta Steel Company and will form the back-bone of a future Northern Pipeline System and the Imo River-Aba system for gas supply to the International Glass industry Limited PZ, Aba Textile Mills and Aba Equitable Industry.

The other systems are Obigbo North-Afam system which caters for NEPA Power Station at Afam, the Alakiri to Onne Gas pipeline system for supply of gas to the National Fertiliser Company (NAFCON) for fertiliser production; the Alakiri-Afam-lkot Abasi system for gas supply to the Aluminium Smelting Plant (ALSCON) and the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline (ELP), which supplies gas to NEPA's Egbin Power Plant near Lagos. Subsequent spur lines from the ELP supply the West African Portland Cement (WAPCO) Plants at Sagamu and Ewekoro, PZ Industries at lkorodu, City Gate in lkeja Lagos, NEPA Delta IV at Ughelli, and Warn Refining and Petrochemical Company at Warn. All these facilities comprise 1,100 kilometres of pipelines ranging from 4" to 36" in diameter with an over all design capacity of more than 2 billion standard cubic feet of gas per day (bscf/d), 14 compressor stations and 13 metering stations. The facilities represent a current asset base of more than 12 billion naira for the NGC.

The NGC is currently engaged in several projects, which are geared towards increasing the utilisation of Nigeria's abundant natural gas resources and creating investment opportnities for entrepreneurs.

West African Gas Pipeline

The feasibility study for this project which is designed to export gas by pipeline to the West African Countries and Benin, Ghana and Togo has been completed and the agreement signed by the Heads of Governments. Sponsored by NNPC through NGC), Ghana National PetroleumCorporation, Chevron, Shell, Societe Beninoise du Gaz and Societe Togolais du Gaz, the project is still open to investors. The long-term plan is to extend this pipeline to Dakar (Senegal) to make Nigerian gas available to the whole region.

Trans Nigeria Pipeline

NGC plans to integrate all gas transmission systems in the country. It is also planned that extensions of the systems would be made to the far northern states of Borno and Sokoto as well as to the central industrial state of Kano. The resulting highly interconnected system would provide full flexibility and better management of adjustment of supply and demand throughout the country. In the domestic market investment options exist for investors who may wish to do so in gas transmission and distribution joint ventures with NGC for specific projects such as gas-based Independent Power Plants (IPP) and such energy intensive sectors as cement, glass and paper industries.

Third parties could also purchase gas from NGC at city gates and distribute to industrial and other users. The company has already signed agreements with Unipetrol Plc / Gaslink and Shell Nigeria Gas in this regard for gas distribution to two major industrial areas in Lagos and Ogun States of Nigeria.

Compressed Natural Gas As Automotive Fuel

In transportation, Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) as an alternative vehicle fuel has a great future in Nigeria especially in view of the need to export more crude oil or refined products for additional foreign revenue.
Other business lines being considered by NGC, in line with government's natural gas utilizatioin/monitization objectives are the establishment of gas-based fertiliser plans, natural gas liquids extraction and domestic use of natural gas. These are open to private local and foreign investments for which NGC is ready to engage in useful Discussions.

For further information, please contact:

The Managing Director
Nigerian Gas Company Limited,
Odin Road, Ekpan,
P.M.B. 1288, Warri,
Delta State.
Nigeria.
Tel: 234-53-254262, 254259, 252328.
Or
The Head,
Lagos Commercial Office,
13B, Oju Olobun Street,
Off Adeola Cdeku Street,
Victoria Island, Lagos.
Tel: 01-2610637-9.
The Head,
Abuja Commercial Office,
76, Yaounde Street,
Wuze Zone 6, Abuja.
Tel: 09-5230770, 5230385

Contact Address:
Odin Road, Ekpan
PMB 1288 Warri
Tel: (053) 254259-62
Fax: (053) 25012 (EDS), 252170 (EDO)
Public Affairs Dept: (053) 254262