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NMDPRA Factsheet - September 2026

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The Authority
Midstream and Downstream Statistics:
September 2026
D. Gas processing capacity
INSTALLED CAPACITY, 47 PLANTS
16.187 Bcf/d
AVERAGE PROCESSED
8.394 Bcf/d
51.86%
PERCENTAGE
UTILISATION
Some major gas processing plants and capacity
DESIGN CAPACITY AND AVERAGE UTILISATION · SEPTEMBER 2026
GAS FACILITY
DESIGN
BCF/D
PROCESSED
BCF/D
AVERAGE UTILISATION
STATUS
VS AUG
NLNG (Trains 1–6)
3.500
2.820
80.57%
High
▲ 0.6 pp
OB/OB AG Gas Plant
1.300
0.341
26.23%
Low
▲ 2.0 pp
Gbaran Ubie Gas Plant
1.250
1.192
95.36%
High
▲ 5.5 pp
Escravos Gas Plant
0.680
0.541
79.56%
Moderate
▼ 4.5 pp
Soku Gas Plant
0.600
0.555
92.50%
High
▼ 4.2 pp
Obite Gas Plant
0.554
0.260
46.93%
Low
▼ 4.0 pp
Utorogu NAG 1&2 Plant
0.510
0.090
17.65%
Low
▼ 42.4 pp
High utilisation: above 80%
Moderate: 50–80%
Low: below 50%
E. Wholesale gas supply
Natural gas utilisation in Nigeria
BILLION CUBIC FEET PER DAY · JAN – SEP 2026
9-MONTH MEAN SUPPLY
4.94 Bcf/d
DOMESTIC MEAN
2.03 Bcf/d
41.1% of supply
NLNG MEAN
2.91 Bcf/d
58.9% of supply
PEAK SUPPLY
5.14 Bcf/d
April 2026
Domestic supply
Supply to NLNG
Peak month
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
Bcf/d
1.97
3.04
5.016
5.016
Jan
2026
1.90
3.00
4.907
4.907
Feb
1.86
3.03
4.889
4.889
Mar
2.01
3.13
5.141
5.141
Apr
2.13
2.85
4.984
4.984
May
2.13
2.99
5.116
5.116
Jun
2.03
2.69
4.723
4.723
Jul
2.21
2.72
4.930
4.930
Aug
2.07
2.76
4.822
4.822
Sep
4.822
Bcf/d, Sep
NLNG
2.756
▲ 1.5%
Domestic
2.066
▼ 6.7%
Total
4.822
▼ 2.2%
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Source: NMDPRA. Utilisation may exceed 100% due to debottlenecking, optimisation and reliability. Change vs August in percentage
points (pp).