Gas community not behind energy era decline, NNPCL counters NISO

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited has stated its fuel transportation community will not be chargeable for the current fall in electrical energy era, rejecting any suggestion that pipeline constraints are guilty.

But in an announcement signed by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL, Andy Odeh, the corporate stated the community run by its subsidiary, NNPC Gas Infrastructure Company Limited (NGIC), “remains available to support deliveries to power generating stations nationwide without any constraints.”

The clarification follows a 5 November 2026 assertion by the Nigerian Independent System Operator (NISO), which blamed decrease era on restricted fuel availability and lowered water inflows to hydroelectric stations.

NNPC stated NGIC’s operational data “do not indicate transportation-related constraints within its network that explain the current decline in electricity generation.”

The firm added that its drive to ship the federal authorities’s fuel growth and monetisation agenda has produced about 10 per cent progress in fuel manufacturing volumes in 2026 to this point. It concluded that “gas supply availability is therefore not a challenge.”

However, NNPC burdened that its place covers solely the operational standing of NGIC’s transportation community.

Gas manufacturing, industrial provide preparations and precise deliveries to particular person energy vegetation, it stated, “must be assessed separately from the availability of transportation infrastructure.”

The firm additionally pointed to components on the power-generation facet, saying a full evaluation should take into account the provision and operational readiness of producing models, plant upkeep schedules and precise fuel offtake.

“These factors determine whether gas supplied can be converted into electricity,” the assertion stated, including that they need to be verified alongside fuel provide knowledge to ascertain the causes of the shortfall.

NNPC referred to as for a coordinated overview of operational knowledge by fuel suppliers, transporters, energy turbines and NISO to establish particular constraints and information efficient interventions.

“Accurate reporting across the gas-to-power value chain is essential to resolving the challenges and sustaining public confidence,” the assertion stated.

It added that its focus stays on “dependable energy infrastructure and constructive collaboration” to show Nigeria’s fuel sources into extra dependable electrical energy.

The trade highlights a recurring dispute within the energy sector over whether or not shortfalls stem from fuel provide, pipeline infrastructure or the situation of producing vegetation, a query that knowledge from all events might assist settle.