【全非资讯·尼日利亚】尼日利亚 (Nigeria)：终极拷问——尼日利亚是否已准备好接收、分销其天然气？

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我原以为关于天然气主题的第二部分文章已经是我的最终结论，直到读者们在文末向我提出了一个至关重要的问题：接收天然气并将其分发给消费者的基础设施准备水平究竟如何？他们要求我不要只停留在管道和枢纽的宏伟愿景上，而是要审视尼日利亚是否真的准备好接收天然气并将其输送给真正需要的人。因此，恳请读者允许我再次动笔，将这个话题彻底讲完。\n\n尼日利亚拥有210万亿立方英尺的已探明天然气储量，居非洲之首、全球第九。然而，尽管资源如此丰富，该国仅拥有约2500公里的天然气管道。阿尔及利亚的人口比尼日利亚少近五倍，却拥有1.3万公里的管道；法国的人口比尼日利亚少近四倍，运营着3.7万公里的管道。这并非资源问题，而是一个配送问题。这也是读者们理所当然要求我回答的问题：\n\n为了解2500公里究竟有多么不足，我们必须算一算这笔账。尼日利亚人口约为2.2亿，这意味着每百万尼日利亚人仅拥有约11.4公里的天然气管道。相比之下，阿尔及利亚人口约为4500万，拥有1.3万公里管道，人均每百万人拥有289公里管道，其人均管道覆盖率是尼日利亚的25倍。法国拥有3.7万公里管道，服务68万人口，人均每百万人拥有544公里……\n\n在WhatsApp和LinkedIn上获取最新头条新闻。\n\n阿贾库塔-卡杜纳-卡诺（AKK）天然气管道是尼日利亚历史上规模最大的单体天然气管道项目。该项目全长614公里，耗资28亿美元，旨在将每天35亿标准立方英尺的天然气从科吉州的阿贾库塔输送至卡诺，途经阿布贾和卡杜纳。截至2026年7月，尼日利亚国家石油有限公司报告称，该管道已完成98%，主干线已从阿贾库塔铺设至卡诺。横跨尼日尔河的地段——\n\n管道只是故事的一半。在天然气通过管道输送之前，必须对其进行处理。截至2025年10月，尼日利亚天然气总装机处理能力达到每天172亿标准立方英尺。但平均运营能力仅为每天39.4亿标准立方英尺，利用率仅为64.7%。装机容量与实际利用率之间的这种差距是一个危险信号。这意味着即使在天然气充足的情况下，工厂也没有满负荷运转……\n\n如果说管道和加工厂是天然气经济的主动脉，那么配送网络则是将天然气输送给最终消费者的毛细血管。在这里，情况令人担忧。尼日利亚中下游石油监管局首席执行官曾对该国压缩天然气基础设施发展缓慢表示担忧，称全尼日利亚的压缩站不到50座，液化石油气充装站也只有3000家……\n\n北方地区一直是尼日利亚天然气发展历程中的最大输家。超过90%的国内天然气消费集中在南方。AKK管道本应改变这一现状。但问题依然存在：即使管道建成，北方是否具备接收和分发天然气的 инфраструктура（基础设施）？2025年颁发了十份天然气配气牌照，目前持牌网络服务的客户约为430家。然而，430家客户只是杯水车薪。北方一直被承诺将获得天然气……

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I thought my part two on gas was my final word - until readers challenged me at the end to clarify one critical question: What is the level of infrastructural preparedness to receive gas for distribution to consumers? They demanded that I go beyond the grand visions of pipelines and hubs and examine whether Nigeria is actually ready to take delivery of the gas and get it to the people who need it. I, therefore, crave the indulgence of my readers to allow me to come back and finish the business a

Nigeria sits on 210 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves - the largest in Africa and the ninth largest in the world. Yet, despite this abundance, the country has only about 2,500 kilometres of gas pipelines. Algeria, with a population nearly five times smaller, has 13,000 kilometres. France, with a population nearly four times smaller, operates 37,000 kilometres. This is not a resource problem. It is a distribution problem. The question that readers have rightly demanded I answer is this:

To understand just how inadequate 2,500 kilometres truly is, we must do the arithmetic. Nigeria's population is approximately 220 million people. That gives us roughly 11.4 kilometres of gas pipeline for every one million Nigerians. Algeria, by contrast, with a population of about 45 million and 13,000 kilometres of pipeline, has 289 kilometres per million people - 25 times more pipeline coverage per capita than Nigeria. France, with 37,000 kilometres for 68 million people, has 544 kilometres pe

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The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline is the single largest gas pipeline project in Nigeria's history. Spanning 614 kilometres at a cost of $2.8 billion, it is designed to transport 3,500 million standard cubic feet of gas per day from Ajaokuta in Kogi State to Kano, traversing Abuja and Kaduna. By July 2026, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited reported that the pipeline had reached 98 per cent completion, with the main line laid from Ajaokuta to Kano. The River Niger crossing - a

Pipelines are only half the story. Before gas can flow through pipes, it must be processed. Nigeria's total installed gas processing capacity reached 17.2 billion standard cubic feet per day as of October 2025. But the average operating capacity was only 3.94 billion standard cubic feet per day, representing a utilisation rate of just 64.7 per cent. This gap between installed capacity and actual utilisation is a red flag. It means that even when the gas is available, the plants are not operating

If the pipelines and processing plants are the arteries of the gas economy, the distribution networks are the capillaries that deliver gas to the end consumer. And here, the picture is alarming. The Chief Executive of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority has raised concern over the country's slow pace in developing compressed natural gas infrastructure, saying there are fewer than 50 compression stations across Nigeria. There are just 3,000 cooking gas refilling p

The North has been the biggest loser in Nigeria's gas story. Over 90 per cent of domestic gas consumption takes place in the South. The AKK pipeline is supposed to change that. But the question remains: even when the pipeline is completed, will the North have the infrastructure to receive and distribute the gas? Ten gas distribution licences were issued in 2025, with licensed networks currently serving about 430 customers. But 430 customers is a drop in the ocean. The North has been promised gas

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