Seplat posts 144% revenue growth to $2.73bn

The revenue of Seplat Energy Plc for the 2025 financial year surged 144.2 per cent to $2.73bn (N4.14tn) compared to $1.12bn (N1.65tn) in 2024, reflecting what the company called a full year of contribution from its offshore assets.

This was disclosed in its audited results for the year ended 31 December 2025, filed with the Nigerian Exchange Limited on Thursday.

The PUNCH reports that Seplat Energy Plc is an independent energy company listed on the Nigerian Exchange and the London Stock Exchange.

In the year under review, cash generated from operations stood at $1.17bn, up 276 per cent. Cash capex was $266.8bn. At the end of the year, the balance sheet remained robust, with net debt of $673.3m, down 25 per cent year-on-year from $897.8m. In returns to shareholders, the declared dividend for the fourth quarter was 8.3 cents per share, up 11 per cent quarter-on-quarter and 20 per cent YoY, consisting of 5.0c and 3.3c as special dividends. The total dividend declared for 2025 stood at 25.0c per share, equivalent to $150m and a 52 per cent increase on 2024.

On the operational front, the group production averaged 131,506 boepd (barrels of Oil Equivalent Per Day), up 148 per cent from 2024 (52,947 boepd), reflecting the first full year of offshore consolidation and within revised guidance. Onshore delivered 14 per cent production growth YoY, supported by the completion of the Sapele Gas Plant and new well inventory. The ANOH gas plant achieved its first gas in January 2026; production is stable at 50-70 MMscfd, with ~60 kbbl of condensate currently in storage. The group recorded only one Lost Time Injury on its operated assets in 2025 and has been at 11.4 million hours without LTI since September (2024: 11.0 million hours).

On the results, Seplat Energy Chief Executive Officer Roger Brown said, “In 2025, we clearly illustrated our ability to operate at scale. We benefited from the successful execution of several key offshore activities that kick-started life for Seplat as an offshore operator, while at the same time delivering onshore production performance that was the strongest in recent memory.

“At our CMD in September, we laid out our long-term ambition to ‘Build an African Energy Champion’, with a clear roadmap to grow working interest production to 200 kboepd by 2030. In 2025, we delivered the IGE replacement project offshore and the Sapele gas plant onshore. In recent weeks we were delighted to achieve first gas at the ANOH Gas Plant and are on track to double joint venture gas volumes at Oso-BRT to 240 MMscfd in 2H2026. Drilling will be a decisive factor in meeting our long-term growth ambitions, and I am pleased to announce that the first jack-up drilling rig is contracted, in-country and set to arrive at Oso in 3Q to commence a multi-year, multi-well drilling campaign.

“Finally, the cash generative nature of our asset base is clearly evident in our results, and by raising dividends by over 50 per cent to 25 cents per share alongside continued strengthening of our balance sheet and delivery of our work programmes, we are already well positioned to deliver on our planned $1bn cumulative return of capital to shareholders by 2030. Furthermore, the strength of the enlarged group has resulted in a notable lowering of our cost of debt, providing additional scope for long-term value creation.”