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The Federal Government has restated its commitment to fast-tracking the completion of the multi-billion-dollar Brass Gas Projects in Bayelsa State as part of efforts to industrialise Nigeria through the strategic utilisation of natural gas.

Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, disclosed this on Thursday at a two-day All-Party Stakeholders’ Workshop on the Brass Gas Projects held in Abuja.

A statement signed by the Minister’s spokesman, Louis Ibah, quoted Ekpo as saying the initiative aligns with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda to make natural gas the backbone of Nigeria’s energy transition, economic diversification, and industrial growth.

He explained that the projects — including the Brass Methanol Plant, Gas Processing Plant, and Brass Free Zone Infrastructure — would collectively form the nucleus of the proposed Brass Oil and Gas City, serving as a model for gas-based industrial development across the country.

Ekpo added that the ministry remains focused on streamlining frameworks such as gas supply and offtake agreements, licensing, and infrastructure integration to make the projects bankable and sustainable.

He emphasised that the successful execution of the Brass Gas Projects would bring economic and social benefits to the Niger Delta region through job creation, infrastructure development, and community empowerment, while enhancing Nigeria’s global competitiveness in the gas and petrochemical sectors.

Also speaking, the Managing Director of Brass Fertiliser and Petrochemical Company Limited, Ben Okoye, praised the government’s renewed commitment, noting that the projects would create thousands of jobs and stimulate ancillary industries in the Niger Delta.

Initially conceived over a decade ago, the $3.6bn Brass Methanol Project aims to convert over 350 million standard cubic feet of gas per day into 10,000 metric tonnes of methanol daily, significantly boosting Nigeria’s domestic gas utilisation and reducing flaring under the Tinubu administration’s Decade of Gas policy framework.