Nigeria grows gas output by 4.72% in one month

Michael Eboh

Dublin, Ireland — Nigeria’s gas output grew by 4.72 per cent to 194.179 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) in July 2025, compared with 185.432 billion SCF (BSCF) recorded in the previous month, according to latest data released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL).

The NNPCL, in its gas production report for July 2025, stated that the volume of gas produced in the month under review translated to an average daily gas output of 6.264 billion SCF, compared with an average of 6.181 billion SCF of gas per day in June 2025.

The national oil firm noted that the country recorded Associated Gas (AG) output of 114.045 billion SCF, accounting for 58.73 per cent of total gas produced in the month under review, while Non-Associated Gas (NAG) output stood at 80.134 billion SCF of gas, accounting for 41.27 per cent of total gas production in the month under review.

Giving a breakdown on the utilisation of the country’s gas output in the month under review, the NNPCL report stated that a total of 182.462 billion SCF of gas was utilised in July 2025, rising by 4.24 per cent from 175.037 billion SCF of gas recorded in June 2025.

In its analysis of total gas utilised in the month under review, the NNPCL disclosed that 9.398 billion SCF of gas, representing 4.84 per cent of total gas output in July 2025, was used as fuel gas, while 42.34 per cent of total gas produced in the month, 82.209 billion SCF, was utilised by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG).

Furthermore, Escravos Gas-to-Liquid (EGTL) utilised 8.556 billion SCF of gas, representing 4.41 per cent of total gas output; while Natural Gas Liquid (NGL)/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) used up 2.33 billion SCF of gas, accounting for 1.2 per cent of the month’s total gas output.

In addition, the NNPCL reported that 26.520 billion SCF of gas, representing 13.66 per cent of total gas produced in the month under review, was sold in the domestic market; while 53.449 billion SCF of gas (27.53 per cent of total gas output) was re-injected and used as gas lift make-up.

On the other hand, the national oil firm stated that the 11.636 billion SCF of gas flared in the month under review, accounted for 5.99 per cent of total gas produced in the country in the month, rising by 12.27 per cent compared with 10.364 billion SCF of gas recorded in the previous month.

Providing an analysis of gas produced on a company-by-company basis, the NNPCL reported that Renaissance Africa Energy recorded the highest gas output in the month under review, with 60.966 billion SCF of gas; followed by Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited (SEPNU), with 27.576 billion SCF of gas.

Chevron Nigeria and TotalEnergies trailed with gas outputs of 22.579 billion SCF and 17.819 billion SCF, respectively.

Star Deep Water produced 13.441 billion SCF of gas from its Agbami Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel; TotalEnergies Upstream produced 12.539 billion SCF of gas from its Akpo FPSO in the month under review, while Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) recorded gas output of 9.962 billion SCF from its Erha FPSO.

Conversely, the gas production report further stated that the NNPCL Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL) and Seplat Joint Venture was the worst offender, in terms of gas flaring, as the joint venture partners burnt 100 per cent of their total gas output

In addition, NEPL flared 293.60 billion SCF of gas, representing 98 per cent of its total gas output from its Oil Mining Leases 86 and 88; Enageed Resources flared 92.71 per cent of its total gas production, while Seplat flared 85 per cent of its total gas output.