The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate production for the month of September 2025 fell to an average of 1.581 million barrels per day due to the three-day industrial action by the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) which resulted in the shutdown of some production and export facilities.
Spokesman for the upstream regulator, Eniola Akinkuotu, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja.
According to the NUPRC, the 1.581 million bpd average production in September comprised 1.39 million bpd of crude oil and 191,373 bpd of condensate.
During the month in review, the NUPRC said the industry recorded total crude oil and condensate production of 47.43 million barrels, which reflected a modest 1.61 per cent year-on-year increase in average daily crude oil and condensate production year on year.
The figure, it said, was a slight improvement over the 1.55 million bpd recorded in the same month of 2024, an uptick that it said suggested incremental progress.
However, when measured on a month-on-month basis, the agency said crude oil and condensate production slightly dropped by 3.09 per cent in September 2025, compared to the 1.63 million bpd recorded in August 2025.
Despite the glitches experienced during the period, it explained that average crude oil production in September stood at 93 per cent of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) quota of 1.5 million bpd.
The release also stated that peak crude oil and condensate production hit 1.81 million bpd, while the lowest was 1.35 million bpd, underscoring the big difference in output before and during the strike.
The NUPRC stated that the analysis of production by the top eight streams showed that Forcados Blend accounted for 15.86 per cent of total production, while Bonny Light accounted for 13.31 per cent of September production.
Qua Iboe, it stressed, was third, accounting for 9.88 per cent; Escravos Light contributed 8.96 per cent, while Bonga Crude delivered 6.83 per cent of production in the review period.
Besides, Agbami Condensate accounted for 4.94 per cent; ERHA Crude accounted for 4.55 per cent, while Amenam Blend accounted for 4.2 per cent of production.
