Nigeria loses 62,400GWh electricity as gas flaring rises 18.6%
” It added that global gas flaring rose to 167 billion cubic metres (bcm) in 2025, while Nigeria flared about nine bcm, making it the world’s seventh-largest gas-flaring nation.•Expert blames weak power market, poor gas monetisation incentives By Ediri Ejoh Despite the Federal Government’s gas flaring penalties and efforts to curb the practice, Nigeria lost an estimated 62,400 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of potential electricity generation from flared gas between 2024 and 2025, representing an 18.
The findings align with the World Bank’s Global Gas Flaring Tracker Report, which ranked Nigeria among the world’s top nine gas-flaring countries in 2025, alongside Russia, Iran, Iraq, Venezuela, Mexico, Libya, Algeria and the United States.
This is a summary of the original articles listed below. Always read the source articles for the full context. GhanaSummary does not create or modify the news — we summarise and link to original publishers.
