Nigeria’s gross gas production has risen to 7.63 billion standard cubic feet per day from about 6.83 billion standard cubic feet per day in 2023, the Presidency has said.
Special Adviser to the President on Oil and Gas, Mrs Olu Verheijen, disclosed this at the Nigerian-British Chamber of Commerce Energy Day 2026.
A text of her presentation at the event, held recently in Lagos, was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday.
Verheijen also disclosed that the nation’s proven reserves now stand at over 215 trillion cubic feet of gas.
She said the increase was achieved through targeted presidential directives which improved the environment for deep-water, non-associated gas and midstream infrastructure.
The Special Adviser disclosed that over $4 billion in international oil company divestments were refocused on deep-water and integrated gas.
She said the feat was also achieved because President Bola Tinubu’s administration successfully addressed the challenge
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