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Nigeria's crude oil production decreased to 1.25 million barrels per day in May 2024, down from 1.28 million barrels per day in April 2024. [57] This represents a decline of 30,000 barrels per day and is the second-lowest production level in 2024. Despite this, Nigeria remains the largest crude oil producer in Africa.
Top 5 oil-producing countries 1980–2022 World oil production. This is a list of countries by oil production (i.e., petroleum production), as compiled from the U.S. Energy Information Administration database for calendar year 2023, tabulating all countries on a comparable best-estimate basis.
Its production in 2022 averaged 1.2 million barrels of oil per day (bopd), [6] and 300 barrels per day (bpd) of condensate, making it the biggest oil producer on the continent. Nigeria has oil reserves of about 37 billion barrels and gas reserves of about 206 Tcf, ranking 10th and 8th in the world, respectively, and giving it plenty of room to ...
The Nigerian government hopes to increase oil production capacity to 4 Mbbl/d (640 × 10 ^ 3 m 3 /d) by 2010. Nigeria is the world's eighth largest exporter of crude oil and no longer sends 43% of its exports to the United States due to the recent shale boom of the US.
Some statistics on this page are disputed and controversial—different sources (OPEC, CIA World Factbook, oil companies) give different figures. Some of the differences reflect different types of oil included. Different estimates may or may not include oil shale, mined oil sands or natural gas liquids.
By default countries are ranked by their total proven oil reserves. Note that data related to one parameter may be more up to date than data related to some other. See also separate lists and their source pages: List of countries by proven oil reserves [1] List of countries by oil production [2] List of countries by oil consumption [3]
This is a list of countries by net oil exports in barrels per day based on The World Factbook [1] and other sources. [2] "Net export" refers to the export minus the import. Net export" refers to the export minus the import.
The types of crude oil exported by Nigeria are Bonny light oil, Forcados crude oil, Qua Ibo crude oil and Brass River crude oil. [86] The U.S. remains Nigeria's largest buyer of crude oil, accounting for 40% of the country's total oil exports; Nigeria provides about 10% of overall U.S. oil imports and ranks as the fifth-largest source of U.S ...