The Nigerian National Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has said that owing to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) strike, crude oil production and condensate production dipped by 50,432 barrels per day in September 2025.

The output declined to 1.58million per day in September 2025 from 1.63mb/d in September 2024.

In the period under review, crude oil production alone was 1.38mb/d while condensate production was 191,373.

This was contained in the NUPRC September crude oil production report, which disclosed that the average crude oil production was 93 per cent of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

The statement by the NUPRC Head, Media and Strategic Communication, Mr. Eniola Akinkuotu, explained: “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 (NUPRC) on Saturday, October 11.

“The 1.581 million barrels per day average production in September comprises 1.39 million bopd of crude oil and 191,373 bopd of condensate.

“The NUPRC attributed the development 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.”

The statement said that the Commission also noted that two strategic facilities had a scheduled turnaround maintenance which led to a reduction in overall production.”

It recalled that in September, the industry recorded total crude oil and condensate production of 47.43 million barrels which reflects a modest 1.61% year-on-year increase in average daily crude oil and condensate production year on year.

This is a slight improvement over the 1.55 million bpd recorded in the same month of 2024, an uptick that suggests incremental progress.

However, when measured on a month-on-month basis, crude oil and condensate production slightly dropped by 3.09% in September 2025, compared to the 1.63 million bopd recorded in August 2025.

Despite the glitches experienced during the period, average crude oil production in September stood at 93% of the OPEC quota of 1.5 million bopd.

During the review month, peak combined crude oil and condensate production hit 1.81 million bopd, while the lowest was 1.35 million bopd.

Analysis of production by the top eight streams shows Forcados Blend accounted for 15.86% of total production, while Bonny Light accounted for 13.31% of September production.

QUA IBOE was third accounting for 9.88%; ESCRAVOS Light contributed 8.96%, while BONGA Crude delivered 6.83% of production in the review month.

AGBAMI Condensate accounted for 4.94%; ERHA Crude accounted for 4.55%, while Amenam Blend accounted for 4 2% of production (The Nation)