Nigeria’s oil production increased by two percent in the first six months of 2026, analysis of average daily oil production has shown.
Data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) showed that Nigeria made a cumulative 8,734,700 barrels of oil in the first half of the year.
It was arrived at by summing the total monthly average daily production figure.
The data showed that the 2026 first half’s figure increased by two percent when compared to the second half of 2025, which is 8,590,746 (million).
But when compared to the first of 2025, it recorded a one percent drop from the 8,848,601 (million) recorded during the period.
A breakdown on the monthly daily production showed that 1,459,240 (million) daily production was made in January 2026. But it dropped to 1,313,690 (million) in February and a slight increase of 1,382,840 (million) was recorded in March.
It further went up to 1,488,580 (million) in April and 1,530,350 (million) in May and 1,560,000 (million) in June.
In total 263,786,050 million) barrels of crude oil were produced in the first six months of the year.
While the data showed a slight increase in Nigeria’s daily oil production as it beats the quota set by the Oil Producing Exporting Countries (OPEC), it showed that the country still has a long way to go in achieving the 2million daily production the government has set its eyes on.
