During the month of October 2025, the gross domestic production of natural gas stood at 2,954 million metric standard cubic meters (mmscm), recording a decrease of 5.1 per cent over the corresponding month of the previous year. Natural gas available for sale during the month was 5,302 mmscm, registering a decrease of 14.1 per cent over October 2024. The net production of gas for sale during the month stood at 84 per cent of gross production for consuming sectors like power, fertilizer, city gas distribution (CGD), refinery and petrochemicals. Meanwhile, the total consumption was 5,759 mmscm with major consumers comprising of fertiliser industry (30 per cent), city gas distribution (CGD) (23 per cent), power (9 per cent), refineries (8 per cent) and petrochemicals (6 per cent). The domestic gas consumption by the CGD sector stood at 843 mmscm whereas R-LNG consumption by the sector stood at 527 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 October 2025. 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.