Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate manufacturing dropped to a median of 1.581 million barrels per day (bpd) in September 2025.
That is in line with the most recent figures launched by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) on Saturday.
The Fee’s report revealed that the September manufacturing consisted of 1.39 million bpd of crude oil and 191,373 bpd of condensates, marking a short lived setback within the nation’s upstream efficiency.
The dip in output comes amid current market developments, as OPEC+ signaled a modest manufacturing improve for November, a transfer that has already begun to influence crude costs.
Earlier this month, Nairametrics reported that Nigerian crude grades have been buying and selling decrease following the cartel’s announcement, underscoring the fragile stability between home manufacturing tendencies and international oil market dynamics.
Based on the NUPRC, the decline was primarily because of the three-day industrial motion embarked upon by the Petroleum and Pure Fuel Senior Employees Affiliation of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) in the course of the month.
The strike motion led to the shutdown of a number of manufacturing and export amenities, disrupting output and export schedules.
Moreover, the company disclosed that scheduled turnaround upkeep at two main manufacturing amenities additional contributed to the decline.
Regardless of these operational setbacks, the trade recorded a complete manufacturing of 47.43 million barrels of crude oil and condensates in September, reflecting a 1.61% year-on-year improve in common each day output in comparison with the identical interval in 2024, when manufacturing stood at 1.55 million bpd.
Nonetheless, when put next on a month-on-month foundation, the September determine represented a 3.09% decline from the 1.63 million bpd recorded in August 2025.
The NUPRC famous that common crude oil manufacturing in the course of the month stood at 93% of Nigeria’s OPEC quota of 1.5 million bpd — a efficiency that, although under full compliance, indicators relative stability amid manufacturing headwinds.
Throughout the assessment interval, peak each day manufacturing of mixed crude and condensate hit 1.81 million bpd, whereas the bottom degree recorded was 1.35 million bpd, underscoring the volatility in output attributable to momentary disruptions.
Based on NUPRC, evaluation of the highest eight manufacturing streams confirmed that:
NUPRC earlier reported that Nigeria’s crude oil manufacturing grew by 5.5% year-on-year in August 2025, averaging 1.43 million barrels per day (bpd) in comparison with 1.36 million bpd in the identical interval final 12 months.
In a letter dated September 29, 2025, Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPC Ltd)’s Group Chief Govt Officer, Bayo Ojulari, knowledgeable regulators that the PENGASSAN’s industrial motion led to vital manufacturing deferments and projected income losses from missed crude liftings and decreased fuel gross sales.
