Nigeria Natural Gas
Summary Table
Million Cubic Ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 180,490,000 9th in the world
Gas Production 3,009,650 12th in the world
Gas Consumption 664,628 38th in the world
Yearly Surplus + 2,345,022
Gas Imports 0
Gas Exports 929,844
Net Exports 929,844
(Data shown is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in
all categoreies)
Gas Reserves in Nigeria
See also: List of countries by Gas Reserves
Nigeria holds 187 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas
reserves as of 2017 , ranking 9th in the world and accounting
for about 3% of the world's total natural gas reserves of 6,923
Tcf.
Nigeria has proven reserves equivalent to 306.3 times its
annual consumption . This means it has about 306 years of
gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven
reserves).
History of Gas Reserves in Nigeria
Gas Consumption in Nigeria
See also: List of countries by Gas Consumption
Nigeria consumes 609,290 million cubic feet (MMcf) of
natural gas per year as of the year 2017.
Nigeria ranks 38th in the world for natural gas
consumption, accounting for about 0.5% of the world's
total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.
Nigeria consumes 3,192 cubic feet of natural gas per
capita every year (based on the 2017 population of
190,873,244 people), or 9 cubic feet per capita per day.
Gas Production in Nigeria
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Nigeria produces 3,009,650.25 million cubic feet (MMcf)
of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking 12th in the
world.
Gas Exports
Nigeria exports 31% of its natural gas production
(929,844 MMcf in 2015).
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Nigerians have to be on the alert. Now that Russian gas is not as definite as before Western powers would be eyeing eastern Nigeria gas fields.