Nigeria’s crude oil production hit 2.057mbpd in Dec – Petroleum Ministry

Nigeria’s crude oil production, including condensate hit 2.057 million barrels per day (bpd) in the month of December 2017, The Guardian reports.

This is higher than the 1.93 million bpd including condensate recorded at the end of the third quarter in September. The Federal Ministry of Petroleum Resources made this disclosure in its facts and figures for the oil industry released at the weekend.

The Ministry added that the country trucked out 36.97 million litres of petrol in December; 7.61 million litres of Automated Gas Oil; 1.55 million litres of Dual Purpose Kerosene; 1.82 million litres of Aviation Turbine Kerosene; and 0.20 million litres of Low Pour Fuel Oil (LPFO).

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