Nigeria meets OPEC crude quota for fifth straight month in September
ABUJA, Oct 13 (Reuters) — Nigeria met its OPEC crude oil production quota for a fifth consecutive month in September, with crude output averaging 1.53 million barrels per day (bpd), data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission showed on Tuesday. Average total crude and condensate production rose 2.34% from August to 1.717 million bpd, while daily output peaked at 1.84 million bpd The regulator attributed the increase to stable operations across producing assets and the absence of major pipeline disruptions that have hit output in the past Nigeria has now met or exceeded its OPEC crude quota every month since May. Forcados and Bonny were the country's largest-producing export terminals in September, contributing 320,320 bpd and 303,270 bpd respectively, the regulator said (Reporting by Tife Owolabi Writing by Chijioke Ohuocha Editing by David Goodman ) ((mailto:chijioke.ohuocha@thomsonreuters.com; +234 703 4180 621; Reuters Messaging: rm://chijioke.ohuocha.thomsonreuters@reuters.net/)
53 million barrels per day (bpd), data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission showed on Tuesday. 84 million bpd The regulator attributed the increase to stable operations across producing assets and the absence of major pipeline disruptions that have hit output in the past Nigeria has now met or exceeded its OPEC crude quota every month since May. net/)