The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has asserted that domestic sales volumes of natural gas in Nigeria has reached 2.18 billion standard cubic feet per day (bcf/d).
Currently the country is steadily
increasing its natural gas supply to the domestic market. In May 2026, there was a slight growth in total gas production volumes, reaching 7.93bcf/d compared to 7.88bcf/d during the corresponding month last year.
According to the Commission’s statistics, the share of both natural gas types is relatively similar, with Associated Gas produced at a volume of 3.96bcf/d and Non-Associated Gas produced at the rate of 3.98bcf/d.
While the volumes increased annually, gas production in May experienced a slight decrease by 0.12 percent compared to April’s 7.94bcf/d. However, the production level has seen a steady increase over the last five months.
One of the most notable features of the report includes the change in utilization strategy. Although there was a sharp decrease in the export quantity by 4.13bcf/d to 3.07bcf/d, domestic gas consumption increased to 2.18bcf/d, which accounted for 26.6% of the total utilization.
According to the report, 2.11bcf/d was consumed for operating activities, while 0.57bcf/d was flared, which amounted to 6.9% of the total production. The latter suggests some improvement regarding gas flaring.
In general, Nigeria consumed roughly 92% of 947.78 billion standard cubic feet of gas produced between January and April 2026, where 872.69 billion cubic feet were used for domestic purposes, exports, and field operation while 57.34 billion cubic feet was flared.
Throughout the whole reporting period, monthly performance was quite high, as the level of utilization exceeded 90%.
In addition, local supply was stable, and therefore, even further strengthened the “Decade of Gas” policy by the Federal Government which aims at ensuring maximum utilization of the country’s ample supply of gas in Nigeria.
The country has a proven reserve of more than 200 trillion cubic feet of gas. However, challenges such as inadequate infrastructure and low domestic consumption have hindered the full exploitation of this ample resource. Thankfully, rising domestic sales figures indicate a shift in trend.
