Nigeria’s production of crude oil and condensate dropped to an average of 1.58 million barrels per day in September 2025 as a result of planned maintenance at important facilities and a three-day walkout by senior oil workers.
This is according to newly released operational data released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission on Saturday.
The statement read, “Crude Oil and condensates production for the month of September 2025 fell to an average of 1.581 million barrels per day, according to official statistics released by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission on Saturday, October 11.
“The 1.581 million barrels per day average production in September comprises 1.39 million bpd of crude oil and 191,373 bpd of condensate.”
The Commission clarified that a discernible decline in output was caused by the temporary closure of production and export facilities during the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria’s strike action. It further stated that output levels were further limited during the month by turnaround maintenance at two critical oil refineries.
Nigeria produced 47.43 million barrels of crude oil and condensate in September, or 1.39 million barrels of crude oil and 191,373 barrels of condensate per day on average, according to the NUPRC report.
Despite the setback, the statistics showed a 1.61 percent year-over-year gain over the 1.55 million bpd produced in September 2024, indicating a steady progress in the country’s upstream sector.
On a monthly basis, however, production fell by 3.09 percent from 1.63 million bpd in August 2025, suggesting that the strike and maintenance activities had a temporary negative impact on output.
The average level of crude oil output in September was 93% of Nigeria’s 1.5 million barrels per day OPEC production quota, according to the NUPRC.
Crude and condensate production peaked at 1.81 million barrels per day during the reviewed month, while the lowest output was 1.35 million barrels per day.
Nigeria, the biggest crude producer in Africa, recently achieved its OPEC production goals as a result of increased output levels.
The country’s crude production system is nevertheless vulnerable to worker unrest, operational disruptions, and infrastructure bottlenecks, as evidenced by the month-over-month fall, even though the slight year-over-year gain indicates a steady recovery.
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