Niger Delta

Nigeria’s crude oil production rose in February, data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has shown. Oil production from the 12 members of the organisation, OPEC, averaged 26.57 million barrels per day (mb/d) in February 2024, higher by 203 thousand barrels per day (tb/d) month-on-month, OPEC said in its Monthly Oil Market Report released Tuesday. “According to secondary sources, total OPEC-12 crude oil production averaged 26.57 mb/d in February 2024, 203 tb/d higher, month-on-month.…

Nigeria’s crude oil daily output has increased by 200,000 barrels over the last six months due to security measures introduced in the Niger Delta, a presidential aide has said. Stability in the oil producing areas has also increased the availability of NLNG Trains 1-6 from 57 per cent in 2023 to 70 per cent in the first quarter of 2024, the Special Adviser to the President on Energy, Olu Verheijen, said. She stated this on Friday in Abuja at a media briefing on policy directives of the President Bola Tinubu…

Nigeria’s crude oil production dropped in January, data from the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has shown. Oil production from the 12 members of the organisation averaged 26.34 mb/d in January 2024, lower by 350,000 barrels per day (tb/d), month-on-month, OPEC said in its Monthly Oil Market Report released Tuesday. The report also noted that crude oil output increased mainly in the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela, while production in Libya, Kuwait, Iraq and Algeria decreased. Nigeria’s crude…