Nigeria plans July start for gas deliveries to Abuja with AKK pipeline.

Nigeria hopes to begin delivering natural gas to the capital Abuja by July through its long-delayed Ajaokuta–Kaduna–Kano (AKK) gas pipeline, the upstream oil regulator said, marking a key milestone ‌for the country’s gas development plans.

“We’re hoping that by July, gas will be delivered to Abuja through the AKK gas pipeline,” a spokesperson for the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission told the regulator’s in-house magazine.

The 614-kilometre (382-mile) pipeline is designed to deliver more than 2.2 billion ⁠cubic feet of gas per day and is a core part of Nigeria’s strategy to shift its energy mix towards gas, supply power plants and industries in the north, and reduce reliance on diesel and fuel oil.

Nigeria holds Africa’s largest gas reserves, estimated at over 210 trillion cubic feet, but much of the country’s gas infrastructure remains underdeveloped, making the AKK pipeline a critical test of its gas-led growth ambitions.