Nigeria's drive to expand compressed natural gas (CNG) infrastructure received a boost on Friday, May 29, 2026, with the commissioning of a high-capacity daughter booster station in Abuja, as government officials and industry stakeholders argued that private-sector investment is accelerating the country's shift away from petrol and diesel.
The facility, developed by Rolling Energy in partnership with the Midstream and Downstream Gas Infrastructure Fund (MDGIF), is one of four gas infrastructure projects commissioned nationwide under the government's broader gas expansion programme.
According to project details released, the station is equipped with a 1,000 standard cubic metre per hour compressor, 17,000 SCM of tube-skid storage capacity, ultra-fast dispensers, an on-site vehicle conversion centre, and the ability to serve up to 1,000 vehicles daily.
The project comes as Nigeria seeks to expand domestic gas utilisation following the removal of petrol subsidies and rising transportation costs, while positioning natural gas as a transition fuel within its long-term energy strategy.
Representing President Bola Tinubu at the commissioning, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, described the facility as part of efforts to strengthen Nigeria's gas value chain and support the Presidential Initiative on Compressed Natural Gas (Pi-CNG). He said the project forms part of a broader group of MDGIF-backed investments being commissioned across the country.
