The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has confirmed that national crude oil production has risen from a low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71 million bpd, reaching a peak of 1.84 million bpd in 2025. The increase is attributed to improved pipeline security in the Niger Delta.
Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, disclosed this at the Parliamentary Roundtable on the State of Pipeline Security held at the National Assembly on Wednesday. The information was contained in a statement by the company’s Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Andy Odeh.
Ojulari explained that the success was not accidental but the result of an “integrated energy security model combining legislative and executive policy alignment, actionable intelligence, kinetic deployment capabilities, regulatory oversight, industry cooperation, and community‑embedded surveillance mechanisms”.
He noted that the resurgence in production, driven by the effective tackling of oil theft and pipeline sabotage, has restored investor confidence in the nation’s oil and gas sector.
In his welcome address, Senate President Godswill Akpabio, represented by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, called for collaboration among agencies and stakeholders to resolve remaining challenges impeding production growth.
Speaker of the House of Representatives, represented by House Leader Prof. Julius Ihonvbere, urged the forum to evaluate progress made so far with a view to ensuring fairness and equity.
The roundtable was convened by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources. Attendees included the Senate President, Speaker, National Security Adviser, Minister of Defence, and representatives of regulatory agencies.
Presentations were also delivered by the Chief of Defence Staff, Inspector General of Police, Director General of the Department of State Services, Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, and private security firms.
