NLNG/SEPNU leads as domestic cooking gas supply rises

Nigeria’s domestic cooking gas supply rose to 5,332 tonnes per day in July 2026, with NLNG/SEPNU emerging as the largest contributor, according to data from the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority.

The NMDPRA’s July 2026 midstream and downstream statistics showed that total liquefied petroleum gas supply increased from 5,100 tonnes per day in June to 5,332 tonnes per day in July.

NLNG/SEPNU supplied 2,031 tonnes per day through vessels, representing about 38 per cent of the total supply during the month.

Other processing plants supplied 1,513 tonnes per day through trucks, while the Dangote Petroleum Refinery supplied 829 tonnes per day.

Imports accounted for 959 tonnes per day.

The figures showed that domestic sources supplied 4,373 tonnes per day, representing about 82 per cent of the total LPG supply in July, while imports accounted for the remaining 18 per cent.

The July supply level was the highest recorded in the 13-month period covered by the NMDPRA data.

LPG supply stood at 4,500 tonnes per day in July 2025 before rising to 5,000 tonnes in August and declining to 3,900 tonnes in September last year.

It subsequently increased to 4,500 tonnes in October, 5,000 tonnes in November and 5,200 tonnes in December.

In January 2026, supply stood at 5,100 tonnes per day before falling to 4,700 tonnes in February and March, 4,500 tonnes in April and 4,100 tonnes in May.

The supply level then rose to 5,100 tonnes per day in June before reaching 5,332 tonnes in July.

The latest figures indicate a continued strengthening of domestic LPG supply, with local sources now accounting for the bulk of the cooking gas available in the country.

However, our correspondent reports that LPG prices have yet to fall below the N1,000 per kilogramme level after the sudden surge in May.

Though prices have plunged from a high of N2,400/kg to between N1,300 and N1,600, depending on location.

NLNG recently accused some marketers of contributing to the sharp rise in the price of cooking gas by buying liquefied petroleum gas from the company at prices between N800 and N900 per kilogramme and selling it for as much as N2,400/kg in the retail market.

The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of NLNG, Adeleye Falade, disclosed this during a recent media briefing in Lagos, where he attributed the price spike to supply shortages, artificial scarcity and distortions in the distribution chain rather than the company’s pricing.

According to him, when the retail price of LPG climbed to N2,400/kg, NLNG was selling the product to buyers at between N800 and N900/kg. He said the price was supposed to be in the range of N1,000 to N1,200, going by the recommendation of the NMDPRA.

“When the product was being sold at N2,400 in the market, guess how much they (marketers) were lifting it from us? It was between N800 and N900 per kg. And NMDPRA recommended that by the time you put in transportation costs and all other things, it shouldn’t be selling more than N1,000, N1,100 or N1,200. So, there’s also some distortion that happened on the sales side, which I know the regulators are working on right now to get control of it,” he stated.