The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has said Nigeria’s crude oil production rose from a historic low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71 million barrels per day, with a peak of 1.84 million barrels per day in 2025, following intensified pipeline security measures in the Niger Delta. The Group Chief Executive Officer of the company, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, disclosed this at the Parliamentary Roundtable on the State of Pipeline Security held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday. According to a statement by the NNPC spokesman, Andy Odeh, on Wednesday, Ojulari maintained that the rise in production involved deliberate efforts by the government to secure oil pipelines. “The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited has confirmed that national crude oil production has grown from a historic low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71 million barrels per day and a peak production of 1.84 million barrels per day in 2025, owing to the establishment of integrated energy security for pipelines in the Niger Delta,” the statement said.

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