Nigeria’s crude oil production has risen to 1.821 million barrels per day, including condensates, as the Federal Government intensifies efforts to boost output towards its three-million-barrel-per-day target.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited disclosed the increase on Thursday, saying improved regulation and increased upstream activities had helped to strengthen production.
NNPCL Group Chief Executive Officer, Bayo Ojulari, disclosed the figure at the 2026 Association of Energy Correspondents of Nigeria conference in Lagos. His remarks were delivered by the company’s Chief Communications Officer, Andy Odeh.
Ojulari said the country was now producing 1.821 million barrels per day, adding that efforts to improve production had recorded more than 80 per cent success.
“Today, we are doing 1.821 million barrels per day,” he said.
The development comes days after the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, said improved collaboration between the government and industry stakeholders had helped to remove bottlenecks that previously constrained investment and production.
Lokpobiri also said drilling activities had increased significantly, with the number of active rigs rising from fewer than 10 at the beginning of the administration to more than 70.
He said sustained drilling was essential to raising crude production to about three million barrels per day.
According to the minister, Nigeria’s petroleum reserves can only generate greater economic value if the government continues to provide an enabling environment for investment and grants licences to investors with the required financial and technical capacity.
Official data showed that Nigeria produced 1,677,777 barrels of crude oil and condensate per day in August 2026, representing a 0.4 per cent increase from July.
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