Nigeria

Country Analysis Brief Overview

Nigeria's hydrocarbon resources are the mainstay of the country's economy, but development of the oil and natural gas sectors is often constrained by instability in the Niger Delta.
For the last nine years, the U.S. has imported between 9-11 percent of its crude oil from Nigeria; however, U.S. import data for the first half of 2012 show that Nigerian crude is down to a 5 percent share of total U.S. crude imports.
Nigerian LNG exports to the U.S. substantially declined in 2011, while the country's LNG exports to Japan more than tripled in 2011.

Analysis Last Updated: October 16, 2012

Overview data for Nigeria

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Petroleum (Thousand Barrels per Day)			2011					2012
		History	Nigeria	Africa	OPEC	World	Rank	Nigeria
Total Oil Production	Production of crude oil (including lease condensate), natural gas plant liquids, and other liquids, and refinery processing gain (loss). Negative value indicates refinery processing loss.	Total Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,554.49	9,367	35,179	87,329	12	2,524.14
Crude Oil Production	Includes lease condensate.	Crude Oil Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,550.35	8,571	31,784	74,136	10	2,520.00
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum products and direct combustion of crude oil.	Petroleum Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	286.00	3,505	9,112	87,605	45	286.00 ^FF
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Total Oil Production – Consumption. Negative numbers are Net Imports.	Petroleum Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,268.49	5,862	26,067	--	163	2,238.14
Refinery Capacity	Crude oil distillation capacity as of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Refinery Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	445	3,220	8,987	88,097	39	445
Proved Reserves(Billion Barrels)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Petroleum Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	37.20	124	1,065	1,474	11	37.20
Natural Gas (Billion Cubic Feet)			2010					2011
		History	Nigeria	Africa	World	Rank		Nigeria
Production	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	1,024	7,373	111,954	25		1,107
Consumption	Dry natural gas.	Natural Gas Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	178	3,558	113,321	58		191
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports - Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Note: Data range begins with the year 1990.	Natural Gas Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	846	3,813	--	83		917
Proved Reserves (Trillion Cubic Feet)	As of January 1. Sources: U.S. data from EIA; Other countries from Oil & Gas Journal.	Natural Gas Proved Reserves Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	185	495	6,637	8		187
Coal (Million Short Tons)			2010					2011
		History	Nigeria	Africa	World	Rank		Nigeria
Production	Production of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale).	Coal Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.009	286	7,954	66		0.009
Consumption	Consumption of primary coal (includes anthracite, bituminous, lignite, and for Estonia, oil shale) and net imports of metallurgical coke.	Coal Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.009	223	7,770	109		0.009
Net Export/Imports(-)	Net Exports = Exports – Imports. Negative numbers are Net Imports. Includes primary coal and metallurgical coke.	Coal Net Exports/Imports(-) Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.000	64	--	85		0.000
Electricity (Billion Kilowatthours)			2009					2010
		History	Nigeria	Africa	World	Rank		Nigeria
Net Generation	Conventional thermal electricity, hydroelectric power, nuclear electric power, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power generation.	Electricity Net Generation Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	18.82	594	19,071	71		24.87
Net Consumption	Net generation+electricty imports-electricity exports-electricity distribution losses.	Electricity Net Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	17.66	530	17,360	68		20.38
Installed Capacity (GWe)	One billion watts or one thousand megawatts of electric capacity, as of January 1.	Electricity Installed Capacity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.90	130	4,843	69		5.90
Total Primary Energy (Quadrillion Btu)			2009					2010
		History	Nigeria	Africa	World	Rank		Nigeria
Production	Production of petroleum (crude oil and natural gas plant liquids), dry natural gas, and coal, and net generation of hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electric power.	Total Primary Energy Production Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	5.714	36	487	19		6.376
Consumption	Consumption of petroleum, dry natural gas, and coal, and net hydroelectric, nuclear, and geothermal, solar, wind, and wood and waste electricity. Also includes net electricty imports.	Total Primary Energy Consumption Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	0.677	16	488	70		0.730
Energy Intensity (Btu per 2005 U.S. Dollars)	Consumption per dollar of gross domestic product using purchasing power parities.	Total Primary Energy Intensity Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	2,316	5,405	7,461	167		2,330
Carbon Dioxide Emissions (Million Metric Tons of CO₂)			2010					2011
		History	Nigeria	Africa	World	Rank		Nigeria
Total from Consumption of Fossil Fuels	Emissions from the consumption of petroleum, natural gas, and coal and the flaring of natural gas.	CO2 from Consumption of Fossil Fuels Enlarge chart Rollover line points for data.Close	73.69	1,155	31,502	46		75.96