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1.7 million barrels a day: how to read Nigeria's oil output figures

Every month the upstream regulator publishes how much oil Nigeria produced. Two different numbers often appear in the same story. Here is what each one means.

2 November 2026 · 2 min read

Oil & Gas Simplified

The Petroleum Industry Act in plain words

The 2021 law rebuilt how Nigeria runs its oil and gas industry. Three new bodies, a company instead of a corporation, and a fund for host communities. Here is the map.

2 November 2026 · 2 min read