National crude oil production in Nigeria rose from a historic low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71 million barrels per day in 2025, with a peak of 1.84 million barrels per day, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC). Group Chief Executive Officer Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari attributed the increase to the implementation of an integrated energy security model for pipelines in the Niger Delta. He disclosed this at the Parliamentary Roundtable on the State of Pipelines Security held at the National Assembly in Abuja on Wednesday.
Ojulari described the model as a coordinated framework involving policy alignment between the legislative and executive arms, actionable intelligence, kinetic deployment, regulatory oversight, industry collaboration, and community-based surveillance. The improvement, he said, has curbed oil theft and pipeline sabotage, leading to renewed investor confidence in the oil and gas sector. The roundtable was convened by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources.
High-level attendees included the Senate President Godswill Akpabio, represented by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, represented by Hon. (Prof.) Julius Ihonvbere. Also present were the National Security Adviser, Minister of Defence, Chief of Defence Staff, Inspector General of Police, Director General of the Department of State Services, and Commandant General of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps. Private security firms also participated in presentations.
