Nigeria: Gas output grows by 4.12% in one month

buja -- Nigeria’s total gas

grew by 4.12 per cent to 189.996 billion standard cubic feet, BCF, in the month of July 2021, compared to 179.59 BCF recorded in June 2021, according to gas production and utilisation data released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC.

The total gas output for July 2021, the NNPC said, represented average daily gas production of 6.032 BCF, compared with 5.793 BCF in June 2021.

According to the NNPC, Associated Gas, AG, accounted for 61.3 per cent of total gas output in the month under review, with 114.624 BCF, while Non-Associated Gas, NAG, output stood at 72.373 BCF, accounting for 38.7 per cent of total gas output in the month under review.

Giving a breakdown of the utilisation of the gas produced, the NNPC noted that 9.071 BCF of the resources was used for fuel gas, while 40.42 per cent of the commodity, 75.586 BCF of gas, was utilised by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, NLNG.

In addition, the NNPC report stated that 7.810 BCF of gas was utilised by the Escravos Gas to

Liquid, EGTL, project, while 3.615 BCF, representing 1.93 per cent of total output, was used for Natural Gas Liquid/Liquefied Petroleum Gas, NGL/LPG.

On the other hand, the NNPC reported that the domestic utilisation of the commodity, through the Nigerian Gas Company, NGC, and others, accounted for 12.49 per cent of total output in July 2021, with 23.363 BCF of gas, while 52.096 BCF of the commodity, representing 27.86 per cent of the total output in the month under review, was utilised for gas reinjection and gas lift make-up.

In general, the NNPC disclosed that 171.54 BCF of gas, representing 91.74 per cent of total output, was utilised in the month under review.