The clamor to include Nigeria in the OPEC output cuts is likely to grow louder, with the country’s oil minister, Emmanuel Kachikwu, saying that current oil production is close to full capacity.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Nigeria’s oil production, including crude oil and condensates, is currently at around 2.2 million to 2.3 million b/d, Kachikwu said Thursday in a podcast released by the oil ministry.
“Oil production of course has risen on the back of this stability and we have moved from an all-time low of 1.2 million b/d and today it’s roughly about 2.2-2.3 million b/d, of course that includes condensate,” he said.
Kachikwu did not mention Nigeria’s prospects of joining the OPEC output cuts in the podcast, but this comes as questions linger on Nigeria’s involvement in the OPEC cuts as its output has recovered close to full capacity.