Nigeria Accounts for 52% of Africa's US Crude Exports
Nigeria accounted for about 52 per cent of Africa’s crude oil exports to the United States in 2025, according to the latest data from the US Census Bureau.
Figures from the US International Trade in Goods and...
Nigeria’s Oil Output Falls Short of OPEC Quota for Six Months
Nigeria failed to meet its crude oil production quota of 1.5 million barrels per day approved by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in the first month of 2026, extending its streak...
Despite Nigeria producing over 443 million barrels of crude between January and October 2025, local refiners continue to face shortages as most of the output is exported.
Nigeria exported 33.23 million barrels of crude oil to the United States between January and August 2025, valued at $2.57 billion, making it Africa's largest exporter of crude oil to the US.
The African Refiners and Distributors Association (ARDA) say the continent’s crude oil consumption will rise from about 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) in 2024 to 4.5 million bpd by 2050.
