Trans Niger operations strengthen Nigeria’s 80% oil production recovery

Nigeria’s crude oil and condensate production has risen by approximately 80 per cent since May 2023, and the integrity of the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), one of the country’s principal crude evacuation channels, has been central to the gain. Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL), the wholly Nigerian infrastructure company responsible for the corridor, recorded zero infractions on the line in its May stakeholder engagement.
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed the production figure at the Petroleum Ministry’s retreat in Abuja. Output that hovered around one million barrels per day (bpd) when the administration took office in 2023 has...