Diesel: ₦1,400 per litre. Gas: the equivalent of ₦420. For a manufacturer running a 1MW captive power system, that difference is ₦2.4 billion every year. The diesel to gas transition in Nigerian manufacturing is no longer a future trend. It is happening now and the economics are driving it faster than any government policy ever could. The numbers: Nigerian industry collectively consumes an estimated 4.2 billion litres of diesel annually for captive power generation and process heating. At current pump prices, that is approximately ₦5.9 trillion spent every year on a fuel that gas can replace at 60–75% lower cost per unit of energy. For a mid-size manufacturer running a 2MW diesel generator set plus process boilers, the annual fuel bill typically runs between ₦800 million and ₦1.5 billion. The equivalent gas bill for the same output: ₦250–480 million. What is driving the switch in 2026: The Presidential CNG Initiative has accelerated the infrastructure buildout that previously made gas adoption difficult for manufacturers not located near existing pipelines. The AKK pipeline is moving southern gas into northern industrial corridors. Gas to power connection timelines have shortened from 18–24 months to 9–12 months in many areas following PIA implementation. The sectors moving fastest: cement, food and beverage, fertiliser, and emerging adopters in textiles and plastics. What the switch requires: Every facility converting from diesel to gas needs the gas infrastructure to support it pressure reduction and metering stations, gas trains, burner management systems, CNG receiving facilities. This equipment must be correctly specified, properly installed, and commissioned to standard before the first cubic metre flows. That is the work Precision Energy does. And right now, we are busier than we have ever been. If your facility is planning a gas conversion or expanding existing gas infrastructure, talk to us. 📩 precisionenergyltd.com #DieselToGas #NigeriaEnergy #GasInfrastructure #IndustrialGas #NigeriaManufacturing #EPC #PrecisionEnergy #EngineeringNigeria #CNG #NigeriaOilAndGas #ManufacturingNG #EnergyTransition #GasConversion #EPCNigeria #PoweringNigeria