Nigeria recorded a sharp rise in petrol availability in November 2025, as daily supply of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, increased to 71.5 million litres from 46 million litres in October, representing a 55 per cent jump.
The Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, disclosed that the increased supply was drawn from a combination of local sources and international imports.
Data contained in the regulator’s November 2025 fact sheet showed that petrol consumption also rose during the month, climbing by 44.5 per cent to 52.1 million litres per day, compared with 28.9 million litres recorded in October. This resulted in an excess supply of 37.4 million litres.
According to the authority, the surge in supply was largely driven by increased import activities carried out by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd.
The NMDPRA explained that the imports were meant to build up stock levels and ensure a stable supply during the high-demand end-of-year period.
It added that other contributing factors included “low supply recorded in September and October 2025, below the national demand threshold; the need to boost national stock levels to meet the peak demand period of end-of-year festivities and twelve vessels scheduled to discharge in October, which spilt over into November.”
The report indicated that domestic refineries supplied an average of 17.1 million litres per day during the period, while average daily petrol consumption for November stood at 52.9 million litres.
It also revealed that no production was recorded at the country’s state-owned refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna, as all facilities remained shut throughout the month.
On gas performance, average daily gas supply rose to 4.684 billion standard cubic feet per day in November 2025, up from 3.94 bscf per day in October.
Nigeria LNG Trains 1 to 6 maintained a 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 recorded in October.
The regulator attributed the improvement to higher utilisation across gas processing facilities and steady export volumes from the Nigeria LNG plant in Bonny.
It stated that as of November 2025, major gas processing facilities recorded improved output and utilisation, with Nigeria LNG Trains 1 to 6 processing 3.50 bscf per day at a utilisation rate of 73.70 per cent. Gbaran Ubie Gas Plant processed 1.250 bscf per day at 71.21 per cent utilisation, while the MPNU Bonny River Terminal recorded a throughput of 0.690 bscf per day. Processing at the Escravos Gas Plant stood at 0.680 bscf per day, representing 62 per cent utilisation, while the Soku Gas Plant emerged as the best performer with 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 hubs also improved, increasing from 0.522 bscf per day in October to 0.581 bscf per day in November.
It added that the power sector remained the largest domestic gas consumer at 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 activities remained strong, with 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.
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