Nigeria Oil Production Hits 1.71M Barrels Per Day in 2025

Nigeria's crude oil production has surged to an average of 1.71 million barrels per day in 2025, with a peak of 1.84 million barrels per day, marking a significant recovery from historic lows of around 960,000 barrels per day in 2022, officials announced Wednesday at a parliamentary roundtable in Abuja.

The increase stems from enhanced pipeline security measures in the Niger Delta, which have effectively reduced oil theft and sabotage, according to Bashir Bayo Ojulari, group chief executive officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited. Speaking at the event organized by the joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources, Ojulari credited an integrated energy security model that integrates policy alignment between legislative and executive branches, intelligence gathering, security deployments, regulatory oversight, industry partnerships, and community-based surveillance. "The progress recorded is the result of deliberate and coordinated efforts, not by chance," he said, adding that these steps have restored investor confidence in the nation's oil and gas sector.

The roundtable, attended by top government officials, security chiefs, and...