- The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has revealed how it saved Nigeria $2billion
- The agency said that cut operating costs for oil production to $22/bbl from $27/bbl
- It, however, said that militant attacks crippled Nigeria's oil production in 2016
Nigeria's
state oil company has saved $2 billion in the past year by
renegotiating its upstream servicing contracts, it said in a statement
on Tuesday July 4, as it tries to reduce high overheads.
NAIJ.com
gathered that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is
attempting to revive the oil industry on which the country's economy
depends, and which the government relies on for roughly two-thirds of
its revenue.
Militant
attacks on oil facilities last year cut production by as much as a
third, helping push the economy into its first recession in a quarter of
a century.
"For the upstream, cost
reduction and efficiency are key features that we will pay attention
to," said Maikanti Baru, who heads the NNPC, in the statement.
The company has also cut operating costs for oil production to $22/bbl from $27/bbl, Baru said.
Average daily production of oil and
condensates has been about 1.88 MMbbl since the beginning of the year,
with the Forcados and Qua Iboe terminals running again after being taken
down by attacks last year, he said.
That puts Nigeria on target to exceed its 2017 goal of producing an average of 2.2 MMbbl of oil and condensate a day, Baru said.
Militant attacks crippled Nigeria's oil production in 2016.
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But since February, the government has
sent senior officials including Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to hold
talks with local communities in the oil heartlands of the Niger Delta,
hoping to address their grievances.
That has brought a fragile truce to the region since the beginning of the year and allowed oil production to recover.
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