Saturday 14 / March / 2026
Muscat: The Sultanate of Oman’s production of natural gas – both local production and imports – witnessed a decrease of 3.2 percent, reaching 4.45 billion cubic metres until the end of January 2026, compared to 4.60 billion cubic metres during the same period in 2025.
Data issued by the National Centre for Statistics and Information (NCSI) showed that associated gas production decreased by 17.4 percent by the end of January 2026, reaching 899.5 million cubic metres compared to 1.089 billion cubic metres in the same period of 2025.
In contrast, non-associated gas production (including imports) increased by 1.2 percent to reach 3.55 billion cubic metres by the end of January 2026, compared to 3.51 billion cubic metres by the end of January 2025.
In terms of consumption, natural gas consumption in industrial projects increased by 5.9 percent to reach 2.56 billion cubic metres by the end of January 2026, compared to 2.42 billion cubic metres for the same period in 2025.
Gas consumption in power generation plants increased by 14.1 percent by the end of January 2026, reaching 1.157 billion cubic metres, compared to 1.14 billion cubic metres in the same period of 2025.
The NCSI data also shows that gas consumption in oil fields (including losses, meter discrepancies and shrinkage factor) showed a decrease of 38.1 percent to reach 707.30 million cubic metres by the end of January 2026, compared to 1.14 billion cubic metres in the same period of 2025.
Furthermore, gas consumption in industrial areas (including industrial areas, Oman Mining Company and Oman Cement), recorded a growth of 3.7 percent to reach 24.10 million cubic metres until the end of January 2026, compared to 23.20 million cubic meters during the same period of 2025.
