The decline in crude oil production recorded by Nigeria in September 2025 has been attributed to the short industrial action embarked upon by members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN).
Crude oil and condensates production for the month of September 2025 fell to an average of 1.581 million barrels per day.
In a statement on Saturday, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) blamed oil workers’ strike for the decline despite it being a 1.6 per cent year-on-year growth.
The 1.581 million barrels per day average production in September comprises 1.39 million barrels per day of crude oil and 191,373 barrels per day of condensate.
PENGASSAN carried out a three-day industrial action, shutting down some production and export facilities.
Recall that the chief executive of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Mr Bashir Ojulari, claimed that the country lost around 200,000 barrels of crude production over the course of the industrial action.
On its part, the NUPRC also noted that two strategic facilities had a scheduled turnaround maintenance which led to a reduction in overall production.
In September, the industry recorded total crude oil and condensate production of 47.43 million barrels which reflects a modest 1.61 per cent 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 barrels per day 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 per cent in September 2025, compared to the 1.63 million barrels per day recorded in August 2025.
Despite the glitches experienced during the period, average crude oil production in September stood at 93 per cent of the OPEC quota of 1.5 million barrels per day.
During the review month, peak combined crude oil and condensate production hit 1.81 million barrels per day, while the lowest was 1.35 million barrels per day.
Analysis of production by the top eight streams shows Forcados Blend accounted for 15.86 per cent of total production, while Bonny Light accounted for 13.31 per cent of September production.
Qua Iboe was third accounting for 9.88 per cent; Escravos Light contributed 8.96 per cent, while Bonga Crude delivered 6.83 per cent of production in the review month.
Agbami Condensate accounted for 4.94 per cent; Erha Crude accounted for 4.55 per cent, while Amenam Blend accounted for 4 2 per cent of production.