The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, NNPC Ltd, has reported a significant increase in its 2025 oil, condensate, and natural gas production. According to the company, the growth is attributed to a combination of new wells, targeted field interventions, and a stronger focus on asset integrity and maintenance. This approach helped restore production capacity and improve operational reliability across its portfolio.
NNPC's Group Chief Executive Officer, Bashir Bayo Ojulari, presented the company's 2025 performance, highlighting a five percent increase in oil and condensate production and a nine percent rise in natural gas output. The production improvement reflected the company's focus on assets that could deliver additional volumes through operational intervention and improved reliability. Ojulari identified new well additions, targeted interventions at OML 13, and improved asset integrity as the principal contributors to the increase.
The interventions at OML 13 alone contributed approximately 32,400 barrels of oil per day. This development illustrates the importance of restoring and sustaining production from existing assets as NNPC seeks to raise its overall output. Rather than relying exclusively on new large-scale developments, the company is combining new wells with targeted interventions designed to improve the performance of assets already within its portfolio.
Ojulari said the company's approach during the year was centered on factors within its control, including operational reliability, capital discipline, and execution. The strategy was pursued against a global oil market that faced pressure from geopolitical tensions, trade frictions, and increased supply from OPEC+ and non-OPEC+ producers. The emphasis on asset reliability represents an important part of NNPC's production strategy.
Oil and gas production depends not only on the availability of reserves but also on the reliability of wells, production facilities, processing systems, and associated infrastructure. Operational disruptions can reduce volumes even where resources remain available underground. NNPC's 2025 performance indicates that improving reliability became a major part of the company's effort to increase output. Ojulari said the company strengthened its approach to maintenance and asset management during the year.
The same approach supported the increase in natural gas production, which grew by nine percent, with contributions from projects including Uzu field gas, Agbada NAG Train 1, and major well interventions. The gas performance reinforces the company's argument that operational execution was a major factor behind its 2025 volume growth. NNPC said a more proactive and disciplined approach to asset maintenance helped improve reliability and uptime.
The increase in production also contributed to an 11 percent rise in NNPC's equity volumes across oil, condensate, and natural gas. The company is now seeking to carry that approach into a broader growth programme in which higher upstream output will support expanded gas transmission, sales, and LNG activities.
Key points
- NNPC Ltd attributes 2025 production gains to new wells, targeted interventions, and asset reliability drive.
- The company's approach during the year was centered on factors within its control, including operational reliability, capital discipline, and execution.
- The increase in production contributed to an 11 percent rise in NNPC's equity volumes across oil, condensate, and natural gas.
