Michael Eboh
Dublin, Ireland — The volume of gas produced in Nigeria in the month of December 2025 dropped by 2.56 per cent to 160.938 billion standard cubic feet (SCF), compared with 165.169 billion SCF of gas produced in the previous month.
According to gas production data for December 2025 released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Limited, the volume of gas produced in the country in the month under review translated to average daily gas output of 5.192 billion SCF (BSCF), as against 5.506 BSCF recorded in November 2025.
The NNPCL explained that Associated Gas accounted for 53.87 per cent of Nigeria’s total gas output in December 2025, with 86.702 billion SCF, while Non-Associated Gas (NAG) output stood at 165.169 billion SCF, accounting for 46.13 per cent of total gas output in the month under review.
Giving further breakdown of Nigeria’s gas output and utilisation data, the corporation stated that 147.179 billion SCF of gas, representing 91.45 per cent of the country’s total gas output for December 2025, was utilised, while it represented a decline of 3.04 per cent when compared with the 151.789 billion SCF of gas utilised in November 2025.
Flared 9.23% of gas output
On the other hand, 14.85 billion SCF of gas was flared in the month of December 2025, representing 9.23 per cent of total gas produced in the month; while the volume of gas flared was 11.79 per cent higher than the 13.283 billion SCF of gas flared in November.
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 remained the country’s highest gas producer in the month under review, with 62.341 billion SCF of gas; followed by Seplat Energy Producing Nigeria Unlimited (SEPNU) with 22.665 billion SCF of gas.
TotalEnergies Exploration and Production Nigeria (TEPNG) produced 15.77 billion SCF of gas in the month under review, while TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria (TUPNI) produced 13.014 billion of gas from its Akpo Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel.
In addition, Chevron Nigeria produced 12.667 billion SCF of gas in the month under review; Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production Company (SEEPCO) produced 7.607 billion SCF of gas from Oil Mining Lease (OML) 143, while Heirs Energy trailed with 3.497 billion SCF of gas.
Conversely, the NNPCL reported that BelemaOil Producing Limited, was the worst offender in terms of gas flaring in December 2025, as the indigenous firm flared 138 per cent of its total gas output, as it burnt 138.74 million SCF of gas, in excess of its total gas output of 101 million SCF.
NNPCL’s subsidiary responsible for operating OML 18 in the Niger Delta, NNPC Eighteen Operating Limited (NEOL), followed with the flaring of 511.62 million SCF of gas, 108 per cent in excess of its 472.43 million SCF gas output in December 2025.
The national firm added that its operating subsidiary, the NNPCL Exploration and Production Limited (NEPL) flared 304.78 million SCF of gas from its Oil Mining Leases 86 and 88 in December 2025, representing 97 per cent of its total gas output, while the NEPL and Seplat Joint Venture (JV) flared 76.64 million SCF of gas, representing 95 per cent of its total gas output.
Also, the NEPL and Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) joint venture flared 94 per cent of its 54 million SCF of gas production, while Enageed Resources flared 91.87 per cent of its total gas output from OML 148.
Giving a breakdown of gas utilised in December 2025, the NNPCL reported that 8.275 billion SCF of gas, representing 5.14 per cent of total gas output, was utilised for fuel gas; 82.381 billion SCF of gas, representing 51.19 per cent of total gas production, was used by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG); while Escravos Gas to Liquid (EGTL) project utilised 1.077 billion SCF of gas, representing 0.67 per cent of total gas output.
Furthermore, the NNPCL noted that Natural Gas Liquid/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (NGL/LPG) utilised 1.795 billion SCF of gas in the month under review, accounting for 1.12 per cent of total gas output; 27.779 billion SCF of gas was sold in the domestic market, accounting for 17.26 per cent of total gas production; while 25.872 billion SCF of gas, representing 16.08 per cent of total gas output was reinjected and used as gas lift make-up.
