Michael Eboh
Dublin, Ireland — Nigeria’s gas output dipped by 17.04 per cent to 150.734 billion standard cubic feet (SCF) in February 2025, from 181.69 billion SCF (BSCF) of gas recorded in January, according to latest gas data released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL).
The NNPCL, in its gas utilisation report for February 2025, noted that the volume of gas produced in February 2025 represented a daily average of 5.383 billion SCF of gas, compared with a daily average of 5.861 billion SCF of gas recorded in January 2025.
Associated Gas (AG) accounted for 68.9 per cent of the total gas produced in the month under review, with 103.863 million SCF; while Non-Associated Gas (NAG) output stood at 46.872 billion SCF, accounting for 31.1 per cent of total gas output in the month.
Shell Nigeria recorded the highest gas output in the month under review, with 30.821 billion SCF, representing 20.45 per cent of total gas output in the month; followed by Mobil Nigeria, which accounted for 18.37 per cent of total gas output with 27.694 billion SCF of gas.
Chevron Nigeria recorded gas output of 20.082 billion SCF in February 2025, which accounted for 13.32 per cent of total gas output; Total Energies Nigeria produced 15.308 billion SCF of gas, which represented 10.16 per cent of total gas output in the month under review; while Star Deepwater produced 11.565 billion SCF of gas from its Agbami Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel, accounting for 7.67 per cent of total gas output.
Total Upstream accounted for 7.54 per cent of total gas output in the month under review, with the production of 11.369 billion SCF of gas.
Continuing, the NNPCL reported that out of the total gas produced in the month under review, 142.163 billion SCF (94.31 per cent of total gas output) was utilised, dropping by 17.59 per cent compared with 172.516 billion SCF in January 2025.
Giving a breakdown of gas utilised in the month under review, the NNPCL stated that 9.344 billion, which represented 6.199 per cent of total gas output in the month was utilised as fuel gas; 48.364 billion SCF of (32.1 per cent of total output) was utilised by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), while Escravos Gas-to-Liquid (EGTL) utilised 5.948 billion SCF of gas (3.95 per cent of total gas output).
Furthermore, the national oil firm reported that 2.751 billion SCF of gas, representing 1.83 per cent of total gas output, was utilised for Natural Gas Liquids/Liquid Petroleum Gas (NGL/LPG); 25.876 billion SCF of gas, representing 17.17 per cent was sold in the domestic market; while 49.881 billion SCF of gas, representing 33.09 per cent of total gas output, was reinjected and used for gas lift make-up.
The NNPCL further stated that 8.571 billion SCF of gas, representing 5.69 per cent of total gas produced in the country in the month under review, was flared, dropping by 6.7 per cent from 9.186 billion SCF of gas flared in January 2025.
