Nigeria flared greater than 203.9 billion normal cubic ft of pure gasoline in 2025, at the same time as general gasoline utilisation remained above 92 per cent.
That is based on the most recent figures launched by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) in its full-year 2025 Gasoline Manufacturing Standing Report.
The info factors to a persistent contradiction in Nigeria’s gasoline sector, with greater manufacturing and utilisation occurring alongside elevated gasoline flaring.
NUPRC knowledge exhibits that whole gasoline manufacturing in 2025 stood at about 2.71 trillion normal cubic ft, made up of 1.46 trillion scf of Related Gasoline and 1.25 trillion scf of Non-Related Gasoline. Of this quantity, roughly 2.50 trillion scf was utilised throughout subject operations, home provide, and exports.
General, the information factors to modest progress in gasoline output year-on-year, alongside a cussed persistence of routine flaring.
A more in-depth have a look at the figures exhibits that gasoline flaring in Nigeria stays largely pushed by Related Gasoline, which is produced alongside crude oil. In contrast to Non-Related Gasoline, which is usually developed with devoted processing and evacuation infrastructure, Related Gasoline is extra weak to flaring when services are unavailable or constrained.
This structural imbalance continues to reveal oil-linked gasoline manufacturing to greater flaring dangers.
On paper, Nigeria’s 92.4 per cent gasoline utilisation price suggests regular progress in lowering waste. In absolute phrases, nonetheless, the volumes inform a extra advanced story.
The flaring of greater than 203 billion scf of gasoline in a single 12 months carries main environmental and {economic} penalties for Nigeria.
