By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd), and its joint venture partners, yesterday said it has revved up crude oil and gas production to 1.8million barrels per day (mbpd), and 7.4 standard cubic feet per day (scfd). have
Speaking on the development, the Group Chief Executive Officer (GCEO), NNPC, Mele Kyari, was said to have congratulated the Production War Room Team that anchored the production recovery process, according to a statement by its Chief Corporate Communications Officer, Olufemi Soneye.
Mr. Kyari was quoted as saying: “The team has done a great job in driving this project of not just production recovery but also escalating production to expected levels that are in the short and long terms acceptable to our shareholders based on the mandates that we have from the President, the Honourable Minister, and the Board.”
Expatiating further, the Chief War Room Coordinator and Senior Business Adviser to the CEO, Lawal Musa, disclosed that the feat was achieved through the collaborative efforts of Joint Venture and Production Sharing Contract partners, the Office of the National Security Adviser, as well as government and private security agencies.
He said the interventions that led to the recovery of production cut across every segment of the production chain with security agencies closely monitoring the pipelines.
We are confident that with this same momentum and with the active collaboration of all stakeholders, especially on the security front, we can see the possibility of getting to 2mbpd by the end of the year.
He stressed that when the Production War Room team was inaugurated on the 25th June 2024, production was at 1.430mbpd, but the team swung into action, culminating into it sustaining the production recovery to 1.7mbpd in August and hitting the current 1.808mbpd in November.
“We are confident that with this same momentum and with the active collaboration of all stakeholders, especially on the security front, we can see the possibility of getting to 2mbpd by the end of the year,” he stated.
Also speaking, , the Chairman, NNPC Ltd Board of Directors, Pius Akinyelure, who also congratulated the team, said he was happy to be part of the production recovery process, adding: “today, I will leave this place with my heart full of joy.”
He charged the Management to initiate a cashflow projection based on the new production figures to facilitate planning, stressing that he was looking forward to further production increase to 3mbpd.
On his part, the Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, expressed satisfaction with the performance of the team and pledged the Federal Government’s support for the company to do more.
