The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Fee (NUPRC) has disclosed that home refineries won greater than 127 million barrels of Nigerian crude oil and condensate between January and September 2026, reflecting enhancements within the implementation of the Home Crude Provide Legal responsibility (DCSO).
Additionally, the government has stated it’s pursuing a extra rigorous, commercially sustainable way to rehabilitate and reposition the 4 nationwide refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna to forestall them from changing into stranded belongings.
In the similar vein, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, (NMDPRA) has signed and unveiled Revision II of the Nigerian Fuel Transportation Community Code (NGTNC), geared toward increasing gasoline provide get admission to to energy, fertiliser vegetation, shippers and buyers.
The NURPC Leader Govt, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, who spoke the day gone by in her speech on the OTL Africa Downstream Power Week 2026 in Lagos, restated that the fee was once additionally consulting manufacturers, refiners and different stakeholders on a home crude switch framework.
Talking at the theme: ‘’Safe Power, Shared Prosperity’’, the NUPRC boss, who was once represented by way of the Assistant Director, Operations, Mr. Prosper Omonedo, stated the fee’s intervention had stepped forward crude oil deliveries after industrial disagreements between manufacturers and refiners affected provides within the first quarter.
“We engaged manufacturers and refiners, and in the second one and 3rd quarters, 53.7 and 45.1 million barrels of crude oil and condensate had been equipped to home refineries, an total efficiency of 97.4 and 76.2 according to cent, respectively.
“From Q1–Q3 of 2026, greater than 127 million barrels of Nigerian crude went to Nigerian refineries,” she stated. Underneath Phase 109 of the Petroleum Business Act (PIA) 2021, the NUPRC allocates crude oil to home refineries sooner than export.
The NUPRC leader govt stated the NUPRC was once additionally consulting manufacturers, refiners and different stakeholders on a home crude switch framework.
“Underneath it, a refiner may just obtain crude from the closest appropriate manufacturing or export level as a substitute of transferring an allotted grade over lengthy distances, which might take an estimated 3 to 4 greenbacks off the price of each and every barrel,” he added.
On manufacturing, Eyesan stated Nigeria recorded a median of one.717 million barrels according to day of crude oil and condensate in September, a 2.34 according to cent building up over August. Crude oil manufacturing on my own averaged 1.53 million barrels according to day, marking the 5th consecutive month the business met or exceeded its quota.
She attributed the advance to higher asset integrity, enhanced safety of evacuation infrastructure, more potent collaboration with operators and sustained regulatory efforts to revive shut-in manufacturing.
At the 2026 Licensing Spherical, she stated the 40 blocks on be offering could be subjected to a clear analysis procedure, with revealed standards and obligatory disclosure of advisable possession.
The NUPRC boss added that the fee was once imposing the drill-or-drop idea to deter speculative preserving of licences, noting that 22 contemporary awardees had been anticipated to give a contribution a minimum of 250,000 barrels according to day inside of 5 years.
She reaffirmed the fee’s dedication to assembly the Home Fuel Supply Legal responsibility and dealing with the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) to align refinery call for with crude provide making plans, making sure that upstream features translate into tangible advantages for families, industries and gear era.
On the tournament, the government stated that it was once pursuing a extra rigorous, commercially sustainable way to rehabilitate and reposition the 4 nationwide refineries in Port Harcourt, Warri and Kaduna to forestall them from changing into stranded belongings.
Everlasting Secretary, Federal Ministry of Petroleum Sources, Mrs Persistence Oyekunle, in her remarks, stated the federal government remained dedicated to making sure current nationwide refining belongings run by way of the Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Corporate Restricted (NNPC) weren’t misplaced, supported by way of technical review, more potent partnerships and stepped forward operational self-discipline.
“On the identical time, the federal government stays dedicated to making sure that current nationwide refining belongings aren’t allowed to grow to be stranded investments. We’re pursuing a extra rigorous, commercially sustainable way to the rehabilitation and repositioning of our refineries, supported by way of technical review, more potent partnerships and stepped forward operational self-discipline,” she stated.
She stated the twentieth anniversary of OTL was once a testomony to resilience and relevance, commending the platform for bringing govt, buyers, operators and regulators in combination.
The federal government famous that Nigeria is remodeling from import dependence to home refining, personal funding and regional competitiveness underneath the Petroleum Business Act (PIA).
“These days, we’re starting to see the consequences. Nigeria’s crude oil manufacturing has been reinforced considerably,” she defined.
She stated Nigeria has maintained its compliance with the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Nations (OPEC) quota for the fourth consecutive month, owing to the upward thrust within the country’s crude oil manufacturing as proven by way of October output which surpassed 1.7 million barrels according to day together with condensates.
She stated expanding manufacturing was once just one phase, with better emphasis on cost addition at house thru refining, petrochemicals, gasoline processing and production.
“The emergence of large-scale personal refining capability represents the most important turning level. The Dangote Refinery has reached its 650,000 barrels-per-day nameplate capability, strengthening Nigeria’s possibilities of changing into a web exporter of delicate petroleum merchandise,” the federal government stated.
On gasoline, the government stated Nigeria with over 215 trillion cubic toes of confirmed reserves will have to transfer from resource-rich to value-creating economic system, bringing up the Fuel Grasp Plan 2026 focused on 10 billion same old cubic toes according to day by way of 2027 and 12BCF/d by way of 2030.
“Fuel will energy industries, reinforce electrical energy era, increase CNG and LPG utilisation, beef up LNG exports and supply feedstock for petrochemicals,” she stated.
She warned that the generation of extracting cost with out construction cost was once converting, with expectancies on native content material, era and host-community construction.
On its phase, the NMDPRA stated the brand new Community Code will deepen home gasoline utilisation and ensure open, honest get admission to
Authority Leader Govt, Rabiu Umar, who signed and unveiled the code with companions comprising energy era vegetation, fertiliser vegetation, shippers and buyers on the OTL opening, stated the code is the rulebook for shared pipelines.
“The Community Code principally is the rulebook for gasoline transportation. As we all know, there’s one pipeline that other manufacturers put their gasoline into. And for there to be fairness, there must be a code, or in the event you like, laws of engagement on how you place your gasoline inside of, how the gasoline is measured, and the way you nominate gasoline,” Umar stated.
“The pipelines ship their complete cost simplest when get admission to to them is open and honest. It’s subsequently a excitement to announce that the Authority has formally introduced revision 2 of the Nigerian Fuel Transportation Community Code,” he defined.
Umar stated about three-fifths of gasoline processed in September went to energy vegetation, factories, NLNG and West African Fuel Pipeline, whilst cooking gasoline call for outstrips provide. He stated the Obe-Obiafu-Obrikon (OB3), the Escravos-Lagos Pipeline Machine (ELPS) midline compressor and the Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano (AKK) pipeline at over 80 according to cent final touch will double shipping capability from 2.2 to 4.4 BCF/d, linking the south to north.
“Since Revision I, extra shippers have come onto the community, and the imbalance at the Western community has fallen by way of about 30 according to cent Revision II builds on those features,” he stated, noting clearer provisions on Shrinkage Issue and preliminary laws for Trans-Saharan and Trans-African pipelines.
On downstream balance, Umar stated 3 in 4 litres of petrol remaining month had been delicate locally in comparison to over part imported a yr in the past, appearing power safety constructed at house.
Even if, he famous that a lot provide nonetheless got here from one huge refinery (Dangote Refinery) above nameplate in September, requiring variety by the use of modular and state refineries and aggressive imports on merit-based licences.
Umar disclosed that NMDPRA is in complicated talks with NNPC to pilot strategic inventory at Nationwide Pipeline and Garage Corporate Restricted (NPSC) depots in Ibadan, Enugu and Suleja to cushion in opposition to exterior shocks, after 8 months of Gulf conflict pushing crude to $100.
He introduced the primary of 9 gasoline laboratories introduced lately in Port Harcourt, two extra by way of year-end, all 9 by way of 2nd part 2027, in partnership with Bureau Veritas and Ace Power and Energy Answers against a Nationwide Reference Laboratory.
Chairman of OTL Africa Advisory Board, Mr Adetunji Oyebanji, in his welcome deal with, stated twenty years of OTL mirrors Africa’s downstream evolution from securing imports and managing administered costs to shaping personal provide preparations, with personal refining converting chances.
“When OTL started in 2007, a lot of Africa’s downstream dialogue centredon securing imports. The ones considerations have now not disappeared. However the continent’s capability to form its personal provide preparations has reinforced,” Oyebanjisaid, bringing up Ghana’s 2015 value liberalisation, Dangote refinery, Kenya’s Mombasa-Nairobi pipeline, Egypt’s Mostorod improve, South Africa’s Lesedi terminal and Angola’s Cabinda refinery.
He warned of Heart East battle, delivery path lack of confidence and Russian provide disruptions nonetheless pressuring diesel availability and freight prices, requiring loyal feedstock, environment friendly operations and transparent laws to maintain self assurance.
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