Nigerian crude oil production declined by 5 percent in February 2025 to an average of 1.67 million barrels per day (bopd) from an average of 1.73 million bopd in January 2025 due to the maintenance of the Transmission Nigeria pipeline to Bonny terminal.

An unauthorized source at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) who spoke with The Nation said, “The decline was majorly due to pipeline maintenance (at one of the segments of Trans Niger pipeline going to Bonny Terminal) and fire outbreak at one of the production evacuation points of NNPC Ltd.

NUPRC has earlier released its monthly production data for February.

Recall that it has been said that the average crude oil production was 98 percent of the 1.5 million bond Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries OPEC quota for the country.

But its current NUPRC document titled: “Crude Oil and Condensate Production February 2025,” said, “Lowest and Peak production in February was 1.60 million bopd and 2.76 million bopd respectively.

“The daily average production in February was 1,671,953 barrels per day comprising of both crude oil (1,465,006bopd) and condensate (206,948bopd). The average crude oil production was 98 % of OPEC quota (1.5mbpd).”

NUPRC said in February, the country produced 57,132 bopd of blended condensate and 149,816bopd of unblended condensate.

Recall that in January, NUPRC said Nigeria exceeded the OPEC quota by 3 percent when it produced 1.73bopd.

This was contained in NUPRC document titled: “Crude Oil and Condensate Production January 2025.”

The document said, “Lowest and Peak production in January were 1.66millionbopd and 1.79million bopd respectively.

“The daily average production in January was 1,737,680 barrels per day, comprising of both crude oil (1,538,697 bopd) and condensate (198,738 bopd).

“The average crude oil production was 103% of OPEC quota (1.5mbpd).”

Recall that in December 2024, Nigeria met the crude oil production quota of the OPEC by 98.97 per.

The cartel’s average daily quota for the month was 1.5 million barrels per (mb/d) of crude oil.

However, the country’s output was 1.48mb/d of crude oil, 49,276bpd of blended condensed, and 133,699 unblended condensate, a total of 1.66mb/d.

The NUPRC Nigerian broke the news in its “Oil Production Status Report” for December 2024.

“The average crude oil production was 98.97 percent of OPEC quota (1.5mbpd),” said NUPRC.

Insecurity in the Nigerian Delta continues to culminate in oil theft and vandalism that also hamper the crude oil production.