Oil firms produce 165BSCF of gas in one month

– Flare 8% of total output

Michael Eboh

Dublin, Ireland — Nigeria’s gas output dipped by 4.98 per cent to 165.169 billion Standard Cubic Feet (SCF) in November 2025, from 173.823 billion SCF of gas recorded in October 2025, according to data from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited.

In its November 2025 gas production and utilisation report, the NNPCL stated that the total volume of gas produced in the month under review translated to an average of 5.506 billion SCF (BSCF) per day, a decline when compared with the 5.607 BSCF per day gas output recorded in October 2025.

Giving a breakdown of gas output in the month under review, the NNPCL reported that 95.069 billion SCF of gas, representing 57.56 per cent of total gas output for the month, was Associated Gas (AG), while Non-Associated Gas (NAG) output for the month was 70.1 BSCF, representing 42.44 per cent of total gas production.

In addition, the national oil firm stated that 151.789 billion SCF of gas was utilised in November 2025, representing 91.9 per cent of total gas output, while it represented a decline of six per cent when compared with 161.690 billion SCF of gas utilised in the previous month.

Conversely, 13.38 billion SCF of gas was flared in the month under review, representing 8.1 per cent of total gas produced in the month; while the volume of gas flared was 9.63 per cent higher than the 12.205 billion SCF of gas flared in October.

Giving a breakdown of gas utilised in November 2025, the NNPCL stated that 8.386 billion SCF of gas, representing 5.08 per cent of total gas output, was utilised for fuel gas; 72.387 billion SCF of gas, representing 43.83 per cent of total gas production, was used by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG); while Escravos Gas to Liquid (EGTL) project utilised 2.521 billion SCF of gas, representing 1.53 per cent of total gas output.

Furthermore, the NNPC noted that Natural Gas Liquid/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (NGL/LPG) utilised 1.913 billion SCF of gas in the month under review, accounting for 1.16 per cent of total gas output; 30.667 billion SCF of gas was sold in the domestic market, accounting for 18.57 per cent of total gas production; while 35.915 billion SCF of gas, representing 21.74 per cent of total gas output was reinjected and used as gas lift make-up.

In its analysis of gas produced in the country on a company-by-company basis, the NNPCL reported that Renaissance Africa Energy recorded the highest gas output in the month under review, with 54.485 billion SCF of gas; followed by Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited (SEPNU), with 20.941 billion SCF of gas.

Chevron Nigeria produced 17.593 billion SCF of gas in the month under review, while TotalEnergies trailed with gas output of 16.530 billion SCF.

TotalEnergies Upstream produced 10.264 billion SCF of gas from its Akpo FPSO in the month under review; Star Deep Water produced 7.696 billion SCF of gas from its Agbami Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, while Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Limited (EEPNL) recorded gas output of 7.517 billion SCF from its Erha FPSO.

In addition, the national oil firm disclosed 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.

Also, the NEPL and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) joint venture flared all of their 51 million SCF of gas produced in the month under; while NEPL flared 313 million SCF of gas from its Oil Mining Leases 86 and 88, representing 97 per cent of its total gas output.

In addition, Enageed Resources flared 93.38 per cent of its total gas output, while Seplat flared 76 per cent of its total gas output.