Minister of State Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, has urged major gas-producing companies operating in the country to take concrete steps to increase daily gas production by one billion standard cubic feet (bscf) per annum between 2025 and 2030 in other to meet the National gas production aspirations as well as bring an end to routine gas flaring. Ekpo, according to a statement, made the call at an engagement with upstream gas industry stakeholders at the NNPC Towers, Abuja, yesterday. According to the statement, Ekpo, at the meeting, stressed the need for accelerated growth in the sector to meet the Federal Government’s target of 12 billion scf of gas per day by 2030 from the current 7.3 billion scf production capacity. “We need to grow natural gas production by at least 1BCF annually till 2030. Nigeria must emerge among the top 10 natural gas-consuming nations by 2030. To achieve this, we must aggressively increase drilling operations in joint venture assets across all terrains, land, swamp, and offshore, and prioritise the completion of major gas processing and evacuation infrastructure projects,” Ekpo said.

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