Adedokun Waliyu 
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC) has confirmed that Nigeria’s crude oil production increased from a low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71 million barrels per day, reaching a peak of 1.84 million barrels per day in 2025.
The Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, disclosed this during the Parliamentary Roundtable on the State of Pipeline Security held at the National Assembly in Abuja.
He attributed the growth to the implementation of an integrated energy security model in the Niger Delta. According to him, the approach combines legislative and executive policy alignment, intelligence gathering, security deployment, regulatory oversight, industry collaboration, and community-based surveillance.
Ojulari explained that the improvement in production followed efforts to tackle oil theft and pipeline vandalism, which have long affected the sector. He added that the progress has helped restore investor confidence in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
The President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, represented by Jimoh Ibrahim, called for stronger collaboration among stakeholders to address remaining challenges affecting production.
Similarly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, represented by Julius Ihonvbere, urged continued evaluation of progress to ensure fairness and equity in the sector.
The roundtable was organised by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources and was attended by key government officials, security agencies, regulatory bodies, and private sector representatives.
