Nigeria’s gas output rises by 13% in one month

Michael Eboh

Dublin, Ireland — Nigeria’s gas output appreciated by 13.26 per cent to 182.274 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) in January 2026, as against 160.938 billion SCF of gas produced in the country in December 2025, according to latest gas production statistics released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited.

In addition, the NNPCL noted that the volume of gas produced in January 2026 was 0.32 per cent higher than the 181.691 billion SCF (BSCF) of gas recorded in January 2025.

The NNPCL disclosed that the volume of gas produced in the country in January 2026 translated to average daily gas output of 5.882 billion SCF, as against 5.192 BSCF recorded in December 2025.

Giving a breakdown of the type of gas produced in the month under review, the national oil firm noted that Associated Gas (AG) accounted for 55.73 per cent of Nigeria’s total gas output in January, with 101.576 billion SCF, while Non-Associated Gas (NAG) output stood at 80.698 billion SCF, accounting for 44.27 per cent of total gas output in the month under review.

Providing further breakdown of gas output and utilisation in January 2026, the NNPCL reported that 167.332 billion SCF of gas was utilised in the month under review, representing 91.8 per cent of total gas output; while it was also an increase of 13.69 per cent when compared with 147.179 billion SCF of gas utilised in December 2025.

Gas flared accounted for 8.2% of total gas output
On the other hand, 14.945 billion SCF of gas was flared in the month of January 2026, representing 8.2 per cent of total gas produced in the month; while the volume of gas flared was 0.65 per cent higher than the 14.849 billion SCF of gas flared in December 2025.

Giving a breakdown of gas utilised in January 2026, the NNPCL reported that 8.965 billion SCF of gas, representing 4.92 per cent of total gas output, was utilised for fuel gas; 87.178 billion SCF of gas, representing 47.83 per cent of total gas production, was used by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG); while Escravos Gas to Liquid (EGTL) project utilised 787 million SCF of gas, representing 0.43 per cent of total gas output.

Furthermore, the NNPCL noted that Natural Gas Liquid/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (NGL/LPG) utilised 1.984 billion SCF of gas in the month under review, accounting for 1.09 per cent of total gas output; 30.03 billion SCF of gas was sold in the domestic market, accounting for 16.47 per cent of total gas production; while 38.389 billion SCF of gas, representing 21.06 per cent of total gas output was reinjected and used as gas lift make-up.

Furthermore, in its analysis of gas produced in the country on a company-by-company basis, the national oil firm reported that Renaissance Africa Energy was the country’s highest gas producer in the month under review, with 67.23 billion SCF of gas; followed by Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited (SEPNU) with 21.127 billion SCF of gas.

TotalEnergies Exploration and Production Nigeria (TEPNG) produced 17.579 billion SCF of gas in the month under review, while Chevron Nigeria produced 15.007 billion SCF of gas.

In addition, TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria (TUPNI) produced 13.701 billion SCF of gas from its Akpo Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel; followed by Star Deepwater with 8.858 billion SCF of gas produced from its Agbami FPSO, while Esso Exploration and Production produced 8.727 billion SCF of gas from its Erha FPSO.

On the other hand, the corporation reported that the NNPCL Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL) and Seplat Joint Venture (JV) emerged the worst offender in the area of gas flaring, as they flared their entire gas output of 84.01 million SCF of gas.

Also, the NEPL and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) joint venture flared 100 per cent of their 33.45 million SCF of gas production.

Furthermore, NEPL flared 320.18 million SCF of gas from its Oil Mining Lease 86/88, representing 97 per cent of its total gas output of 329 million SCF, while Enageed Resources flared 91.8 per cent of its total gas output of 42 million SCF from OML 148.