THE Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) has reported a significant rise in the supply of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), commonly known as petrol, to 71.5 million litres per day in November 2025, up from 46 million litres per day recorded in October.
According to the Authority’s November 2025 fact sheet released yesterday, the increase was largely driven by imports from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd.), which accounted for about 55 per cent of total petrol supply from both domestic and international sources.
The report also showed a sharp rise in petrol consumption, which grew by 44.5 per cent to 52.1 million litres per day in November, compared to 28.9 million litres per day in October.
This resulted in an excess supply of 37.4 million litres during the period. Domestic refineries contributed 17.1 million litres per day, while average daily PMS consumption stood at 52.9 million litres.
NMDPRA noted that none of the state-owned refineries—Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna—were operational during the period, as all remained shut.
The Authority explained that the increased imports were intended to build inventory and ensure adequate supply during peak demand associated with end-of-year festivities.
Other contributing factors included supply shortfalls recorded in September and October, the need to boost national stock levels, and delays from twelve vessels originally scheduled to discharge in October but carried over into November.
On gas supply, the report revealed that average daily gas output rose to 4.684 billion standard cubic feet per day (bscf/d) in November, compared to 3.94 bscf/d in October.
Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 maintained stable processing levels of 3.5 bscf/d, with utilisation improving slightly to 73.7 per cent from 71.68 per cent in the previous month.
The increase in gas output was attributed to improved plant utilisation across processing hubs and steady export volumes from the Nigeria LNG facility in Bonny.
As of November, Nigeria LNG Trains 1–6 processed 3.50 bscf/d at a utilisation rate of 73.7 per cent, while the Gbaran Ubie Gas Plant recorded 1.25 bscf/d at 71.21 per cent utilisation.
The MPNU Bonny River Terminal processed 0.69 bscf/d, Escravos Gas Plant recorded 0.68 bscf/d at 62 per cent utilisation, and the Soku Gas Plant emerged as the top performer, processing 0.60 bscf/d at a utilisation rate of 96.84 per cent.