Greater plant utilisation lifts gasoline provide to 4.68bscf

Nigeria’s common day by day gasoline provide climbed to 4.684 billion customary cubic toes per day in November 2025, reflecting a stronger efficiency in contrast with October, in response to contemporary operational information launched by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

The provision rose from the three.94bscf/d common processing stage recorded in October. A assessment of the most recent reality sheet obtained on Sunday confirmed that the development was largely pushed by increased plant utilisation throughout main processing hubs, alongside regular export volumes from the Nigeria LNG plant in Bonny.

It additionally disclosed that main processing crops improved their utilisation charges, home provide elevated throughout strategic sectors, and the LPG market maintained a considerably bigger surplus, regardless of costs remaining stubbornly excessive for customers.

The report learn, “As of November 2025, Nigeria’s main gasoline processing services recorded improved output and utilisation ranges, with the Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 processing 3.50 billion customary cubic toes per day at a utilisation charge of 73.70 per cent.”

The Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 maintained a secure processing output of three.5bscf/d in November, however utilisation improved barely to 73.7 per cent in contrast with 71.68 per cent in October.

The strongest month-on-month leap got here from the Soku Gasoline Plant, which ran at a powerful 96.84 per cent utilisation in November, a big leap from its October charge when it operated under that threshold attributable to transient upkeep actions.

The Escravos Gasoline Plant, which averaged 0.68bscf/d at 75.57 per cent utilisation in October, reported 0.68bscf/d however a decrease 62 per cent utilisation in November, reflecting a wider working base however decrease sustained throughput.

The authority added, “Gbaran-Ubie Gasoline Plant processed 1.250bscf per day, working at 71.21 per cent utilisation, whereas the MPNU Bonny River Terminal recorded a throughput of 0.690bscf per day throughout the interval.”

“Processing actions on the Escravos Gasoline Plant stood at 0.680bscf per day, representing a 62 per cent utilisation charge, whereas the Soku Gasoline Plant emerged as the highest performer, processing 0.600bscf per day at 96.84 per cent utilisation.”

Home gasoline deliveries rose marginally in November throughout key strategic demand centres, reflecting a modest enchancment over October ranges, in response to information from the NMDPRA.

Provide to the facility sector elevated barely to 0.645bscf per day in November, in contrast with 0.641bscf per day recorded in October, reinforcing electrical energy technology as the biggest single vacation spot for domestically provided gasoline.

Gasoline provide to the business phase recorded a stronger uptick, rising to 0.581bscf per day in November from 0.522bscf per day within the previous month, indicating improved exercise amongst bulk and non-power gasoline customers.

Equally, gas-based industries obtained 0.420bscf per day in November, up from 0.409bscf per day in October, pointing to a gradual restoration in industrial gasoline utilisation regardless of lingering infrastructure and pricing challenges.

“On the provision aspect, common day by day gasoline deliveries to the Nigeria LNG plant amounted to 2,600bscf per day, whereas the home market obtained 2,084bscf per day, bringing complete common day by day gasoline provide to 4,684bscf per day in November.”

“A breakdown of home gasoline utilisation confirmed that the facility sector remained the biggest off-taker, consuming 0.645bscf per day, adopted by the business phase at 0.581bscf per day and gas-based industries at 0.420bscf per day.”

“Export volumes remained sturdy throughout the month, with the Nigeria LNG Restricted exporting a mean of 101,555 cubic metres of LNG per day, equal to 45,966 metric tonnes, whereas pure gasoline exports by the West African Gasoline Pipeline averaged 0.121bscf per day.”

Whereas the will increase seem modest, the actual fact sheet attributed the development to stabilised upstream provide and restoration of capacities at energy crops that had confronted feedstock shortages in October.

Regardless of the improved allocations, energy technology has not seen proportional good points attributable to transmission bottlenecks and poor liquidity within the electrical energy market.

Nigeria’s gasoline export efficiency remained sturdy in November, with the Nigeria LNG Restricted sustaining sturdy cargo volumes throughout the interval. Knowledge from the NMDPRA confirmed that NLNG exported a mean of 101,555 cubic metres of LNG per day, equal to about 45,966 metric tonnes.

As well as, gasoline exports by the West African Gasoline Pipeline remained regular at 121 million customary cubic toes per day, underscoring continued regional demand for Nigerian gasoline regardless of provide and infrastructure constraints at residence.

The LPG market continued to document a provide surplus in November, regardless of a decline in volumes in contrast with the earlier month. Trade information confirmed that common day by day LPG provide dropped to 4,958 metric tonnes in November from 5,700 metric tonnes per day in October, whereas common day by day consumption additionally declined to three,992 metric tonnes, down from 4,410 metric tonnes recorded a month earlier.

Though provide moderated from October’s peak, it nonetheless exceeded consumption by practically 1,000mt day by day, underscoring Nigeria’s continued place as a net-surplus LPG market and reflecting improved availability of cooking gasoline nationwide.

Nonetheless, this surplus did not translate into decrease costs for customers. Retail LPG costs throughout the nation remained elevated in November, ranging between N950 and N1,500 per kilogramme, unchanged from October ranges.

Market operators attributed the persistent value strain to excessive transportation prices, overseas change volatility, and the continued reliance on imported LPG parts.

Regardless of the commonly improved efficiency recorded in November in contrast with October, analysts cautioned that Nigeria’s gasoline sector stays constrained by long-standing structural challenges. These embody recurring pipeline disruptions, restricted funding in gasoline processing and transmission infrastructure, gradual implementation of key midstream provisions of the Petroleum Trade Act, and overseas change instability affecting the LPG worth chain.