Nigeria Natural Gas

Summary Table

Million Cubic ft
(MMcf)
Global Rank
Gas Reserves 180,490,000 #44 in the world
Gas Production 3,009,650 #12 in the world
Gas Consumption 664,628 #93 in the world
Daily Surplus +2,345,022
Gas Imports 0
Gas Exports 929,844
Net Exports 929,844
(Data shown in the table is for 2015, the latest year with complete data in all categories)

Gas Reserves in Nigeria

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Nigeria holds 187 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) of proven gas reserves as of 2017, ranking #44 in the world and accounting for about 2.70% of the world’s total gas reserves of 6,923 Tcf.

Nigeria has proven reserves equivalent to 306.3 times its annual consumption levels. This means it has about 306 years of gas left (at current consumption levels and excluding unproven reserves).


Gas Reserves
186,610,000 MMcf
Global Rank: #44 | Share of World: 2.70%
306 years of natural gas left
(at current consumption levels)

History of Gas Reserves in Nigeria


Gas Consumption in Nigeria

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  • Nigeria consumes 609,290 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year as of the year 2017.

  • Nigeria ranks #93 in the world for gas consumption, accounting for about 0.46% of the world’s total consumption of 132,290,211 MMcf.

  • Nigeria consumes 3,043 cubic feet of natural gas per capita every year (based on the 2017 population of 200,254,579 people), or 8 cubic feet per capita per day.

Gas Production in Nigeria

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  • Nigeria produces 3,009,650 million cubic feet (MMcf) of natural gas per year (as of 2015) ranking #12 in the world.

Gas Exports

  • Nigeria exports 31% of its natural gas production (929,844 MMcf in 2015).

History of Gas Consumption and Production


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