Indigenous operators now produce 50% of Nigeria’s oil

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Nigeria’s government says locally owned oil and gas operators now produce more than half of the country’s crude oil. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources Heineken Lokpobiri announced the figure at a Petroleum Technology Development Fund summit.

By Obas Esiedesa, Abuja ABUJA — Indigenous oil and gas operators now account for more than 50 per cent of Nigeria’s crude oil production, the Federal Government has said. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, disclosed this on Wednesday at the maiden Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) Journal Summit 2026 […] The post Indigenous operators now produce 50% of Nigeria’s oil appeared first on Vanguard News.