West Africa: Nigeria's Gas Output Rises 2.9 Percent

8 January 2025
Vanguard (Lagos)
By Udeme Akpan, Energy Editot

·Domestic use, export up 1.6%, 6.9% respectively

Nigeria's gas output has risen on a month-on-month, MoM basis, by 2.9 per cent to 226,747.05 million standard cubic feet, MSCF in November 2024, from 220,396.45MSCF recorded in October 2024.

But on year-on-year, YoY basis, the gas output rose marginally by 0.02 per cent to 2,292,951 MSCF in the first 11 months (January - November) of 2024, from 2,292,471MSCF recorded in the corresponding period of 2023.

However, of the 2,292,951MSCF produced during the period, 606,658MSCF was consumed locally in Nigeria, indicating an increase of 1.6 per cent against 596,861MSCF consumed locally during the same period in 2023.

It also showed that 829,156MSCF was exported to generate foreign exchange for the nation, indicating an increase of 6.9 per cent against 775,547MSCF exported in the corresponding period of 2023, according to the latest gas report from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, NUPRC

The Ministry of Petroleum Resources (Gas) did not comment on the nation's output, but other informed sources pointed to the continuous dominance of oil over gas.

Unlike gas, the NUPRC's report - Oil Production Output - indicated that the nation's oil output, including Condensate increased year-on-year, YoY, by 13.3 per cent to 1.7 million barrels per day, bpd, in November 2024, from 1.5 million bpd recorded in the corresponding period of 2023.

But on month-on-month, MoM basis, the nation's output rose by 10 per cent increase to 1.7 million barrels per day, bpd, in November 2024, from 1.5 million bpd in October 2024.

Meanwhile, the Chief Executive Officer, Centre for the Promotion of Private Enterprises, CPPE, Dr. Muda Yusuf, said that the non-oil sector continues to dominate the economic space while the oil sector contributed 5.57%.

In his 2025 Outlook, he said: "From a structural perspective, the non-oil sector continues to dominate the economic space with the sector contributing 94.43% of the country's GDP in Q3 2024, while the oil sector contributed 5.57%.

"However, the economy is characterized by a paradox of the oil sector contributing an estimated 90% of foreign exchange earnings while the non-oil sector accounts for about10%.

"This is a structural shortcoming in our economy which needs to be addressed as sectors that contribute hugely to GDP have no corresponding contribution to foreign exchange earnings.

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