Nigeria’s average daily crude production rose above the quota allocated to it by the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in June 2025. For the second time in 2025, the country exceeded its OPEC quota of 1.5 million barrels per day. First in January and second in June.
According to a report by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the country’s average daily crude production was 1,505,474 barrels, representing 100.4 per cent of the OPEC quota.
Oil production, including crude and condensate, was approximately 1.7 mbpd. This was an improvement in crude production when compared to the previous months.
In May, crude output stood at 1.45mpd while both crude and condensate were 1.65mbpd. Production was as low as 1.60 in March. In its remark, the NUPRC said, “Lowest and peak combined crude oil and condensate production in June were 1.61 million bopd and 1.82 million bopd, respectively.
“The average crude oil production was 100.4 per cent of the OPEC quota (1.5 mbpd). The daily average production in June was 1,697,045 barrels per day, comprising both Crude oil (1,505,474 bopd) and condensate (191,572 bopd).”
However, the output was still below the targeted 2.06mbpd projected in the 2025 budget.
Recently, the Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited,.Bayo Ojulari, said Nigeria was ramping up production with a medium-term goal to hit 2.06 million barrels per day by 2027. He expressed optimism that oil output would rise to 1.9mbpd in December this year.
“We have started growing. In March, we were producing about 1.56 million barrels per day, and we’re now at 1.63 million, including condensates. By the end of the year, we are hoping to clock 1.9 million barrels daily,” he said.
Ojulari said Nigeria had recorded a 100 per cent availability on major crude oil pipelines in the country. He noted that for the first time in a long while, the nation enjoyed 100 per cent crude oil pipeline availability throughout June.
According to him, the feat, which was possible through the industry-wide security interventions led by the NNPC, aided the increase in oil production.
However, he called for more investments to boost production, adding that the company had been able to turn the narrative around by consistently meeting its cash-call obligations to Joint Venture operations. With the current state of oil pipelines, experts expect a further rise in oil production in the coming months.
