The supply of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, popularly known as petrol, rose sharply to 71.5 million litres per day in November 2025, up from 46 million litres recorded in October, representing a 55 per cent increase.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, said the volume supplied during the month was sourced from both domestic production and international imports.
In its November 2025 fact sheet released yesterday, the authority disclosed that national petrol consumption also climbed significantly, increasing by 44.5 per cent to 52.1 million litres per day in November from 28.9 million litres per day in October, leaving an excess supply of 37.4 million litres.
According to the NMDPRA, the sharp rise in petrol supply in November was largely driven by increased imports carried out by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd.
The regulator explained that the imports were targeted at building strategic inventory and ensuring steady availability of petrol during the peak demand period.
It further attributed the supply surge to “low supply recorded in September and October 2025, below the national demand threshold; the need for boosting national stock level to meet the peak demand period of end of year festivities and twelve vessels programmed to discharge into October which spilled into November.”
The report showed that domestic refineries contributed 17.1 million litres per day during the period, while the average daily PMS consumption for the month stood at 52.9 million litres per day.
It also revealed that there was no production activity at any of the state-owned refineries, including those in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, as all remained shut throughout the period.
Gas Output Rises As Processing And Exports Improve
On the gas segment, average daily gas supply increased to 4.684 billion standard cubic feet per day in November 2025, compared with 3.94 bscf per day recorded in October.
Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 maintained a stable processing level of 3.5 bscf per day during the month, while utilisation improved slightly to 73.7 per cent from 71.68 per cent in October.
The NMDPRA said the improvement was driven by higher utilisation rates across processing facilities and sustained export volumes from the Nigeria LNG plant in Bonny.
It stated: “As of November 2025, Nigeria’s major gas processing facilities recorded improved output and utilisation levels, with the Nigeria LNG Trains 1-6 processing 3.50 billion standard cubic feet per day at a utilisation rate of 73.70 per cent.
“Gbaran Ubie Gas Plant processed 1.250 bscf per day, operating at 71.21 per cent utilisation, while the MPNU Bonny River Terminal recorded a throughput of 0.690 bscf per day during the period. Processing activities at the Escravos Gas Plant stood at 0.680 bscf per day, representing a 62 per cent utilisation rate, whereas the Soku Gas Plant emerged as the top performer, processing 0.600 bscf per day at 96.84 per cent utilisation.”
The report also showed a slight increase in gas supply to the power sector, which rose to 0.645 bscf per day in November from 0.641 bscf per day in October.
Gas supply to commercial centres also improved during the period, increasing from 0.522 bscf per day in October to 0.581 bscf per day in November.
According to the report: “Breakdown of domestic gas utilisation showed that the power sector remained the largest off taker, consuming 0.645 bscf per day, followed by the commercial segment at 0.581 bscf per day and gas based industries at 0.420 bscf per day.
“Export volumes remained strong during the month, with the Nigeria LNG Limited exporting an average of 101,555 cubic metres of LNG per day, equivalent to 45,966 metric tonnes, while natural gas exports through the West African Gas Pipeline averaged 0.121 bscf per day.”
