Natural as production in Oman tops 18bn cubic metres

Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman’s natural gas production, including both domestic production and imports, increased by 4.6 percent, reaching 18.77 billion cubic metres by the end of April 2026. This is compared to the corresponding period in 2025, which amounted to 17.94 billion cubic metres.

Data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) clarified that associated gas production rose by 1.3 percent by the end of last April, reaching 4,128,100,000 cubic metres compared to the same period in 2025, which stood at 4,076,600,000 cubic metres.

The statistics further indicated that non-associated gas production, including imports, increased by 5.6 percent to reach 14,644,000,000 cubic metres by the end of April 2026, compared to 13,864,700,000 cubic metres for the same period in 2025.

At the consumption level, natural gas consumption in industrial projects increased by 5.8 percent, amounting to 9,865,200,000 cubic metres by the end of April 2026, compared to 9,321,200,000 cubic metres for the corresponding period in 2025.

Furthermore, gas usage in power generation plants up to the end of last April rose by 12.7 percent, reaching 4,913,200,000 cubic metres compared to 4,358,700,000 cubic metres for the same period in 2025.

The data also showed that gas consumption in oil fields, which includes losses, meter discrepancies, and shrinkage factors, decreased by 5.7 percent to stand at 3,930,800,000 cubic metres by the end of April 2026. This is compared to 4,170,400,000 cubic metres in the corresponding period of 2025.

Meanwhile, gas used in industrial estates, encompassing industrial zones, Oman Mining Company and Oman Cement, recorded a decline of 30.7 percent. It amounted to 63,000,000 cubic metres by the end of April 2026, compared to 90,900,000 cubic metres for the similar period in 2025.