During the month of November 2022, the gross production of natural gas stood at 2,839 million metric standard cubic meters (mmscm), recording a decrease of 1.1 per cent over the corresponding month of the previous year. Natural gas available for sale during October 2022 was 4,652 mmscm, registering a decrease of 2.9 per cent over November 2021. The net production of gas for sale during November 2022 stood at 82.05 per cent of gross production for consuming sectors like power, fertilizer, city gas distribution (CGD), refinery and petrochemicals. Meanwhile, the total consumption during October 2022 was 4,720 mmscm with major consumers comprising of fertiliser industry (36 per cent), city gas distribution (CGD) (20 per cent), power (14 per cent), refineries (6 per cent) and petrochemicals (3 per cent). The domestic gas consumption by the CGD sector during November 2022 stood at 818 mmscm whereas R-LNG consumption by the sector stood at 138 mmscm.
The Petroleum Planning and Analysis Cell under the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has released the monthly report on production, availability and consumption of natural gas in the country during November 2022. The report highlights the monthly gross domestic production of natural gas, net domestic production of gas for sale, liquefied natural gas imports and sectoral consumption of natural gas.