The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries has raised Nigeria’s crude oil production quota for September 2022 to 1.83 million barrels per day.
Data obtained from OPEC showed that the 13-member organisation increased Nigeria’s oil production quota marginally from 1.826mbpd in August to 1.83mbpd in September.
OPEC stated that the latest crude oil production quota for September 2022 was arrived at during the 31st OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting.
It said the meeting noted the dynamic and rapidly evolving oil market fundamentals, necessitating continuous assessment of market conditions.
“The meeting noted that the severely limited availability of excess capacity necessitates utilising it with great caution in response to severe supply disruptions,” the organisation stated in its report on the meeting.
It added, “The meeting noted that chronic underinvestment in the oil sector has reduced excess capacities along the value chain (upstream/midstream/downstream).
Meanwhile, there has been a recorded drop in the cost of crude oil, as Brent fell by 2.36 per cent, shedding $2.37 to close at $98.17/barrel, on Wednesday.
Oil has maintained a price of over $100/barrel for months due to several industry concerns, including the Russia-Ukraine war, even though the increase has been of no benefit to Nigeria as a result of consistent failure to meet its monthly oil production quota.
Figures obtained from OPEC showed that while the OPEC quota for Nigeria in June 2022, for instance, was 1.772mbpd, the country could only produce 1.158mbpd.
The country’s production in June, was, however, higher than its production in the preceding month of May 2022 by 134 million barrels per day.
It was gathered that Nigeria’s oil production in May 2022 was 1.024mbpd, but this moved up to 1.158mbpd in June, though far lower than the 1.772mbpd production quota by OPEC.
