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Nigeria met its OPEC crude quota for a fifth straight month in September

Nigeria’s upstream petroleum regulator said crude oil output averaged 1.53 million barrels per day in September, excluding condensate. That equals 102% of the country’s OPEC quota of 1.5 million barrels per day and marked a fifth consecutive month in which Nigeria met the assigned level.

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Daily combined crude-oil and condensate flows were 320,320 barrels at Forcados and 303,270 at Bonny. NUPRC linked output continuity to stable field operations and the absence of major pipeline disruptions.

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September production figures

NUPRC’s monthly crude average and terminal flows of crude oil plus condensate.

September average crude oil production, excluding condensate1.53
Forcados terminal daily crude oil and condensate flow0.32032
Bonny terminal daily crude oil and condensate flow0.30327
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The September monthly average of 1.53 million barrels per day is crude oil excluding condensate and is comparable with the OPEC quota. Terminal figures are reported by the source as daily flows of crude oil and condensate combined.

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