Crude oil losses drop to 9,600 barrels daily, says NUPRC

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja

Crude lipid mislaid done pipeline vandalism and theft has dropped to 9,600 barrels per day, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), has disclosed.

The Commission successful a connection by Head, Media and Strategic Communications, Eniola Akinkuotu, described the driblet successful the period of July arsenic a melodramatic turnaround for the country.

It stated that successful July 2025, regular losses stood astatine 9,600 barrels per time (bpd), the lowest fig since 2009 erstwhile losses dropped to an all-time debased of 8,500 bpd.

“This advancement marks a large leap guardant successful the Commission’s relentless thrust to destruct each forms of crude losses crossed Nigeria’s oilfields and pipelines.

“Between January and July 2025, crude lipid losses were contained astatine 2.04 cardinal barrels, averaging 9,600 barrels per time implicit the seven-month period. This marks a wide departure from the high-loss years that person agelong plagued the industry.”

The Commission added that by “by comparison, the full 2024 calendar twelvemonth recorded 4.1 cardinal barrels mislaid astatine a regular mean of 11,300 barrels. Remarkably, successful conscionable the archetypal 7 months of 2025, losses were chopped by 50.2%, with lone 2.04 cardinal barrels mislaid implicit the period.

“The figures for the play ending July 2025 besides correspond a melodramatic 94.57% driblet successful crude lipid losses compared to the afloat twelvemonth of 2021, erstwhile Nigeria mislaid a staggering 37.6 cardinal barrels astatine a regular mean of 102,900 barrels.

“So acold successful 2025, lone 2.04 cardinal barrels person been lost, which is simply a simplification of 35.56 cardinal barrels compared to the 37.6 cardinal barrels mislaid successful 2021, underscoring the standard of advancement made successful conscionable 4 years”.

NUPRC explained that lipid losses successful 2021 were the highest recorded successful astir 23 years, making it the highest twelvemonth betwixt 2002 and July 2025.

“Since the implementation of the Petroleum Industry Act successful 2021, Nigeria has recorded dependable advancement successful reducing crude lipid losses. In 2021, losses stood astatine 37.6 cardinal barrels, averaging 102,900 barrels per day. By 2022, this dropped to 20.9 cardinal barrels astatine a regular mean of 57,200 barrels.

“The downward inclination continued successful 2023, with losses reduced to 4.3 cardinal barrels astatine 11,900 barrels per day. Even much advancement was made successful 2024, arsenic losses were further contained to 4.1 cardinal barrels, averaging 11,300 barrels per day”.

The Commission said it has adopted a balanced premix of kinetic and non-kinetic strategies successful tackling lipid losses.

“On the kinetic front, the Commission has continued to collaborate intimately with information agencies, operators and communities. On the non-kinetic front, NUPRC has implemented strategical regulatory measures to adjacent systemic loopholes. One cardinal inaugural is the metering audit crossed upstream facilities to guarantee close measurement of accumulation and exports”.

It added that to further fortify control, the NUPRC nether the enactment of Engineer Gbenga Komolafe approved 37 caller crude lipid evacuation routes to combat lipid theft.

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