Nigeria anticipates a 30% growth in crude and condensate output as authorities bolster security around the country’s oil infrastructure and incentives in the sector attract investment. This is despite the possibility that the gain may exceed its OPEC+ pledge to limit production.
The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission predicts that output will increase from 1.54 million barrels per day in September to 2 million barrels per day by the end of the year.
Enorense Amadasu, executive commissioner for the Abuja-based agency said at a conference in Lagos on Monday,
“As at today the country’s crude oil production plus condensate is 1.8 million barrels per day and we’re pushing, working with everyone to increase it to two million barrels a day before December.”
A higher level would bring output closer to or above the 1.5 million barrel per day quota that Nigeria and OPEC+ agreed not to exceed, even if the regulator did not provide the percentage of crude to condensate in its prediction.
The production curbs were put in place by the 23-nation organization in order to prevent a surplus and support crude prices. Bloomberg reported that not every member has adhered to the strategy.
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In the oil-rich Niger Delta, widespread theft and vandalism, as well as a lack of investment, have kept Africa’s biggest oil producer below its OPEC+ quota for more than two years.
The administration of President Bola Tinubu has attempted to attract investors to the industry by providing tax incentives to producers and authorizing the sale of pending assets.
In an effort to boost production even more, the upstream regulator plans to put 31 oil and gas blocks covering the nation’s onshore and offshore acreage up for bid, Amadasu stated without providing a timeframe.
“These blocks have been carefully selected for its potentials to boost our reserves and stimulate economic activities,” he said.
