據油價網7月7日報道，尼日利亞作為歐佩克在非洲地區最大的產油國成員，計劃在2023年11月之前將石油日產量大幅增加至170萬桶，并希望在歐佩克+協議中獲得更高的配額。尼日利亞石油資源部常務秘書阿杜達在本周維也納舉行的歐佩克+研討會期間向《能源情報》表示。

尼日利亞一直未能按照歐佩克+協議的配額生產石油。由于管道破壞和石油盜竊猖獗，再加上未對產能進行投資，使尼日利亞成為歐佩克+聯盟中產油能力最弱的國家。石油盜竊和管道破壞長期以來一直困擾著尼日利亞的上游石油和天然氣行業，導致其國際主要原油出口終端經常宣布不可抗力情況出現。

尼日利亞今年早些時候的配額為每日174.2萬桶，但由于產量超過40萬桶的減產，尼日利亞的產量上限在6月初的歐佩克+會議上降至每日138萬桶。

歐佩克表示，尼日利亞的產量目標可能會根據IHS、Wood Mackenzie和Rystad Energy等三個專門從事上游石油評估的獨立機構在2023年底舉行的下一次歐佩克+會議上確定，以使其與2024年可達到的平均產量相等。

歐佩克補充道，尼日利亞在2024年的計劃產量為每日157.8萬桶，需經過驗證，如果驗證通過，將在2024年中的生產要求予以反映。

尼日利亞的石油日產量比其產能低約100萬桶。政府提到投資不足、能源轉型導致融資來源短缺以及安全問題等因素都是造成這種情況的原因。

尼日利亞上游石油監管委員會首席執行官科莫拉費在5月表示：“目前，尼日利亞的技術允許產能約為每日250萬桶。然而，由于上述挑戰，我們目前的產量大約為每日150萬桶石油和凝析油。”

胡耀東 編譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Nigeria Looks To Boost Oil Production To 1.7 Million Bpd By Year-End

Nigeria, OPEC’s largest producer in Africa, aims to significantly increase its oil production to up to 1.7 million barrels per day (bpd) by November 2023, hoping to win a higher quota in the OPEC+ agreement, Gabriel Tanimu Aduda, Permanent Secretary at Nigeria’s Ministry of Petroleum Resources, told Energy Intelligence on the sidelines of the OPEC+ seminar in Vienna this week. 

Nigeria has consistently failed to produce to its quota in the OPEC+ agreement. The combination of pipeline vandalism and oil theft with a lack of investment in capacity has made Nigeria the biggest laggard in crude oil production in the OPEC+ alliance. Oil theft and pipeline vandalism have long plagued Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas industry, driving majors out of the country and often resulting in force majeure at the key crude oil export terminals.

Nigeria’s quota was 1.742 million bpd earlier this year, but due to its underproduction of more than 400,000 bpd, the output cap for Nigeria was lowered to 1.38 million bpd at the OPEC+ meeting in early June.

The required production level for Nigeria may be updated to equal the average production that can be achieved in 2024, as assessed by the three independent sources (IHS, Wood Mackenzie, and Rystad Energy) specialized in oil upstream by the next OPEC+ meeting to be held by the end of 2023, OPEC said.

Nigeria’s stated Production Plan in 2024 is 1.578 million bpd, subject to verification, and if verified, then the number will be reflected as required production for 2024, OPEC added. 

Nigeria’s oil production is around 1 million bpd below its capacity. The government has cited a lack of investments, a shortage of funding sources because of the energy transition, and insecurity among the factors driving the situation. 

“Currently, Nigeria has the technical allowable capacity to produce about 2.5 million barrels of oil per day. However, arising from the highlighted challenges, our current production hovers around 1.5 million barrels of oil and condensate per day,” Gbenga Komolafe, chief executive at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), said in May.