Saturday 18 / July / 2026
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman’s production of natural gas – both local production and imports – witnessed an increase of 6.5 percent reaching 24.17 billion cubic metres until the end of May 2026 compared to 22.71 billion cubic metres during the same period in 2025.
Data released by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that associated gas production increased by 3.8 percent reached 5.37 billion cubic metres until the end of May 2026, compared to 5.17 billion cubic metres for the same period of the previous year.
Non-associated gas production (including imports) also recorded growth of 7.2 percent, reaching 18.80 billion cubic metres by the end of May 2026, compared to 17.53 billion cubic metres for the same period in 2025.
Natural gas consumption in industrial projects increased by 8.2 percent to reach 12.39 billion cubic metres by the end of May 2026, compared to 11.45 billion cubic metres for the same period in 2025.
Gas consumption in power generation plants also increased by 13.3 percent until the end of May 2026, reaching 6.58 billion cubic metres, compared to 5.81 billion cubic metres for the same period in 2025.
In contrast, gas consumption in oil fields (including losses, metre differences and shrinkage factor) decreased by 3.9 percent, reaching 5.12 billion cubic metres until the end of May 2026, compared to 5.32 billion cubic metres in the same period of 2025.
Gas consumption in industrial areas (including industrial areas and consumption of the Oman LNG Company) also declined by 30.3 percent to record 79.4 million cubic metres by the end of May 2026, compared to 113.8 million cubic metres for the same period in 2025.
