Nigeria sustained its position as Africa’s largest crude oil producer in September 2026 with daily production peaking at 1.84 million barrels.
Data from Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) shows that the country produced an average of 1,717,030 barrels of crude oil and condensate in September 2026, representing a 2.34 percent increase over August.
In strict crude oil terms excluding condensate, average production was 1.53 million barrels per day which is 102 percent of the 1.5 million barrels per day quota set by OPEC.
With the September figure, Nigeria has now met its OPEC quota for five consecutive months producing 1.53mbpd in May, 1.55mbpd in June, 1.51mbpd in July, 1.5mbpd in August and 1.53mbpd in September.
The data made available by the Head of Media and Corporate Communications, NUPRC, Eniola Akinkuotu, disclosed that the lowest single day production in the month was 1.68 million barrels.
According to NUPRC, improved performance was driven by stable production operations across most producing assets and absence of major pipeline outages during the period which supported improved production uptime and crude evacuation efficiency.
The commission said sustained growth reflects continued commitment of operators and industry stakeholders towards improving operational efficiency, maintaining asset integrity and enhancing production reliability across the upstream petroleum sector.
Breakdown of daily average crude and condensate production by terminals shows Forcados Terminal accounted for 320.32kbpd while Bonny Terminal followed with 303.27kbpd.
