Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr Ibe Kachikwu, said economic growth plan recently launched by the Federal Government of Nigeria would provide strategic and economic partnerships in excess of 50 billion dollars. About 13 billion dollars -17 billion dollars will go to the upstream for the development of upstream gas fields with a total of 37.4 trillion cubic feet.

On May 9th, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and its partners in a new scheme are targeting a 285 per cent boost in domestic gas supply from 1.3 billion standard cubic feet per day (scf/d) to 5bn scf/d by 2020. They listed the seven projects earmarked for fast-track execution to meet the target to include: Assa North-Ohaji South Field Development (ANOH); Oil Mining Lease 24 and OML 18 Joint Development and Shell Petroleum Development Company Joint Venture/Nigeria Agip Oil Company Joint Venture Unitized Gas Fields. Others are: NPDC's OML 26, 30, 42 and Chevron Nigeria Limited's OML 49 Makaraba Cluster Development; SPDC JV Gas Supply to Brass Fertilizer Company; OML 13 Cluster Development and Cluster Development of Okpokunou/Tuomo West (OML 35/62).

NNPC is a member of the Nigerian Gas Association (NGA)—a professional body responsible for the promotion and protection of the interests of the gas industry in Nigeria.

Formed in 1999, NGA’s initial membership came from the primary gas production and utilization companies in Nigeria. The earliest members include the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG), Chevron Nigeria Limited, the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), Elf Petroleum, Mobil Producing Nigeria, the Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) and Conoco Energy Nigeria Limited.