NNPCL and IOCs Urged to Meet 2.2MBPD Oil Production

The Joint Task Force South-South, Operation Delta Safe (OPDS), has urged the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited and international oil companies to enhance production to reach the federal government’s aim of 2.2 million barrels per day.

Major Kayode Owolabi, Coordinator of the OPDS Joint Media Campaign Centre, made the statement on Sunday while providing progress reports on crude oil production and security in the Niger Delta.

According to Owolabi, the event came when the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, issued a command on July 17, 2024, to end crude oil theft.

According to him, the OPDS Commander, Rear Admiral John Okeke, has since implemented many crucial actions, which have culminated in the terminal factors on major pipelines.

Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP), Trans Escravos Pipeline (TEP), and Trans Ramos Pipeline (TRP) — to achieve 100% flow, with daily crude oil output of roughly 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd).

He stated that IOCs are currently working at full capacity, while he acknowledged that there had been occasional instances of vandalism.
Using the aforementioned assumption, Okeke pushed both domestic and international oil corporations to increase production and fully utilize pipeline capacity.

“If pipelines are currently at full capacity, the NNPCL must assess the country’s ability to produce 2.2 million bpd, with long-term measures aimed at increasing production capacity.

It should be noted that on July 17th, during a security meeting with Zonal and Divisional military commanders and heads of other security agencies, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, set a two-week deadline for improving the security situation in the Niger Delta Region in order to increase crude oil production.

The news follows President Bola Tinubu’s live nationwide broadcast on Sunday, during which he stated that the country’s once-declining oil and gas industry is witnessing a rebound as a result of the economic changes he announced in May 2024.

Tinubu said, “Last month, we increased our oil production to 1.61 million barrels per day, and our gas assets are receiving the attention they deserve.”

Nigeria’s crude oil production has been on a decline as a result of crude oil theft in oil-producing states, especially in the Niger Delta.