Nigeria’s crude oil production rose to 1.71 million barrels per day between April 2025 and April 2026, the highest level in five years, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd has disclosed.
The figure was contained in NNPC’s One Year Mandate Report Summary shared on X by Group Chief Executive Officer Bayo Ojulari. The company said its upstream arm, NNPC Exploration and Production Limited, also hit an all-time peak of 565,000 barrels per day in December 2025.
On gas, NNPC reported the completion of the River Niger crossing of the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline and the welding of the entire line in July 2025. It has commissioned the Assa North-Ohaji South gas processing plant and the Obiafu-Obrikom-Oben pipeline connection. Gas supply was sustained at 7.5 billion standard cubic feet per day in 2025, with new supply deals signed with Dangote Cement, Dangote Refinery, and CNG Ibese. The company launched its Gas Master Plan in January 2026 and signed a tripartite MoU with China Gas Holding Ltd and Peiyang Chemical Singapore to unlock Nigeria’s gas resources
.In refining and partnerships, NNPC said it consolidated a 7.25% equity stake in the Dangote refinery to protect the national interest and adopted an incorporated joint venture model for its own refineries to enable self-financing and independent operations. It executed a model production sharing contract for PPL 2000 and 2001 — the first to include comprehensive terms for deepwater non-associated gas development — and secured presidential approval for incentives to advance the final investment decision on the Bonga South-West Aparo project.
NNPC added that the long-running OPL 245 dispute has been resolved, leading to the conversion of the block into a new PSC covering PMLs 102 and 103 and PPLs 2011 and 2012. The company entered shipping partnerships with Stena Bulk and Sonangol, exported a new crude grade called Cawthorne, and expanded its Oleum lubricant brand across West Africa
.On corporate governance, NNPC said it reinstated monthly performance reporting, held its first earnings call in November 2025, and resumed consistent remittances to the federation account since July 2025. Internal reforms include the onboarding of 1,000 new staff, the rollout of a new performance management system, and the launch of a Women in NNPC programme to deepen inclusion.
