The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) says crude oil production has risen from a historic low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71mbpd, peaking at 1.84mbpd in 2025, thanks to intensified pipeline security in the Niger Delta.

Nigeria’s downstream oil sector has received a boost as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) doubled crude oil deliveries to the Dangote Petroleum Refinery in March, raising hopes of improved fuel availability.

Nigeria’s crude oil production has risen to about 1.8 million barrels per day (mbpd), prompting local refiners and organised labour to renew calls for increased crude supply to domestic refineries and lower fuel prices.

President Bola Tinubu demonstrated foresight in July 2024, when he approved the use of the naira as the payment currency for crude oil supplied by the NNPC to the Dangote Refinery. Since the launch of the naira-for-crude initiative on October 1, 2024, Nigeria has experienced a strategic breakthrough amid the ongoing economic turmoil resulting from the Iran-Israel-US conflict in the Middle East.

Nigeria is ramping up efforts to strengthen crude oil production, with the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Bashir Bayo Ojulari, projecting an incremental increase of about 100,000 barrels per day (bpd) in the coming months.

The Federation Account Allocation Committee (FAAC) received 100 percent of profit oil from Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs) remitted by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd).