The establishment of integrated pipeline security in the Niger Delta has boosted national crude production from a historic low of 960,000 barrels per day in 2022 to an average of 1.71 million barrels per day, with a peak production of 1.84 million barrels per day in 2025, according to the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC).
Group Chief Executive Officer of NNPC Ltd, Engr. Bashir Bayo Ojulari, disclosed this at the Parliamentary Roundtable on the State of Pipelines Security which held at the National Assembly, in Abuja, on Wednesday.
On the success of the security arrangement, he explained that it was not accidental, and that it involved an “integrated energy security model that combines legislative and executive policy alignment, actionable intelligence, kinetic deployment capabilities, regulatory oversight, industry cooperation, and community‑embedded surveillance mechanisms”.
The resurgence of production due to the effective tackling of the twin menace of oil theft and pervasive pipeline sabotage has led to the restoration of investors’ confidence in the nation’s oil and gas sector, he said in a statement signed by the company’s image-maker, Andy Odeh.
Speaking, the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, represented by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, sought collaboration among agencies and stakeholders in resolving all challenges impeding production growth.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was represented by the Leader of the House, Hon. (Prof.) Julius Ihonvbere, urged the forum to evaluate the progress made so far with a view to ensuring fairness and equity.
The Parliamentary Roundtable on the State of Pipelines Security was convened by the Joint Senate and House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum Resources.