By Adedapo Adesanya
Nigeria’s gas output for June 2024 rose by 3.5 per cent to 156.952 billion standard cubic feet (BSCF) from the 151.632 billion SCF recorded in the previous month (May 2024).
According to gas production data released by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited in its Gas Production and Utilisation Report for June 2024, Associated Gas (AG) accounted for 103.158 billion SCF of gas, representing 65.73 per cent of the country’s total output, while Non-Associated Gas (NAG) accounted for 34.27 per cent of total gas output with 53.794 billion SCF.
Of the total gas output, NNPC noted that 147.634 billion SCF of gas was utilised in the month under review, representing 94.1 per cent of the total gas output, while 9.263 billion SCF of gas, representing 5.9 per cent, was flared.
Giving a breakdown of the volume of gas utilised, the national oil firm stated that 65.776 billion SCF, representing 41.91 per cent of the commodity was used by the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG); domestic sales by the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC) and others stood at 21.598 billion SCF, representing 14 per cent of the total; while 9.527 billion SCF, 2.957 billion SCF and 1.501 billion SCF were utilised as fuel gas, by the Escravos Gas-to-Liquid (EGTL) project, and as Natural Gas Liquid/Liquefied Petroleum Gas (NGL/LPG).
In addition, 29.48 per cent of the total gas output, which is 46.267 billion SCF was reinjected and used as gas lift make-up in the month under review; while 9.263 billion SCF of gas was flared, rising by 0.42 per cent compared with 9.224 billion SCF recorded in May 2024.
The NNPC reported that Shell Nigeria recorded the highest gas output in the month under review, with 37.161 billion SCF of the commodity, comprising 2.845 billion SCF of associated gas and 34.316 billion SCF of non-associated gas.
Total Energies followed with 21.021 billion SCF of gas, with associated gas accounting for 10.952 billion SCF and non-associated gas accounting for 10.070 billion SCF; Mobil recorded 20.584 billion SCF of gas; Chevron Nigeria – 19.538 billion SCF; Star Deep Water’s Agbami Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) vessel 12.661 billion SCF and Total Upstream’s Akpo FPSO – 11.618 billion SCF of gas.
Furthermore, the state oil firm identified the worst offenders in terms of gas flaring in June 2024 including Nigerian Petroleum Development Company/Seplat Petroleum Development Company (NPDC/SPDC) Joint Venture (JV), who flared 100 per cent of their 82 million SCF of gas output, while Seplat also flared 100 per cent of its 108 million SCF gas output.
NPDC-CNL JV produced 208 million SCF of gas and flared 97 per cent of its total output; Enageed (Oil Mining Lease 148) flared 96.97 per cent of its 117 million SCF of gas output; while First Exploration and Production (E&P) Company flared 81 per cent of its 691 million SCF of gas output.