Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria has agreed to join in the agreement by member and non-member countries of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), also known as OPEC+, to cut global crude oil output by between 10 million barrels and six million barrels per day, between May 2020 and April 2022,<\/p>\n
In a statement by the Ministry of Petroleum Resources, Sylva projected that the reduction in global crude oil supply would cause a $15 per barrel rebound in crude oil prices and grow Nigeria\u2019s revenue by a minimum of $2.8 billion.<\/p>\n
Sylva explained that in line with the agreement which at the moment is on hold, pending when Mexico pledges its full participation, Nigeria would cut its crude oil output to 1.412 million barrels per day, from May to June 2020; 1.495 million barrels per day, from July to December 2020; and 1.579 million barrels per day, from January 2021 to April 2022.<\/p>\n
He added that Nigeria\u2019s crude oil output for the periods would be in addition to the country\u2019s condensates output of between 360,000 and 460,000 barrels per day over the period.<\/p>\n
He said: \u201cNigeria has joined other OPEC+ counterparts in a historic curtailment of crude oil production to rebalance and stabilize the global oil markets.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigeria is participating in the pursuit of our commitment to the framework of the Declaration of Cooperation entered on 10th December 2016 and further endorsed in subsequent meetings as well as the Charter of Cooperation signed in July 2019.<\/p>\n
\u201cNigeria joined OPEC+ to cut supply by up to ten (10) million barrels per day between May and June 2020; eight (8) million barrels per day between July and December 2020 and six (6) million barrels per day from January 2021 to April 2022, respectively.<\/p>\n
\u201cBased on reference production of Nigeria of October 2018 of 1.829 million barrels per day of dry crude oil, Nigeria will now be producing 1.412 million barrels per day, 1.495 Million Barrels per day and 1.579 million barrels per day respectively for the corresponding periods in the agreement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is in addition to condensate production of between 360-460 KBOPD of which are exempt from OPEC curtailment. The agreement awaits close out of ongoing engagement with Mexico to agree on its full participation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is expected that this historic intervention when concluded will see crude oil prices rebound by at least $15 per barrel in the short term, thereby enhancing the prospect of exceeding Nigeria\u2019s adjusted budget estimate that is currently rebased at $30 per barrel and crude oil production of 1.7 million barrels per day. The price rebound may translate to additional revenues of not less than $2.8 Billion Dollars for the Federation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is therefore pleasing to note that despite the production curtailments that this historic agreement will entail, all planned industry development projects will progress as they will be delivered after the termination of the 9th OPEC\/Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting Agreement on adjustments in April 2020.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, yesterday, disclosed that Nigeria has agreed to join in the agreement by member and non-member countries of the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), also known as OPEC+, to cut global crude oil output by between 10 million barrels and six million barrels per day, between […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":20231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[228,369],"class_list":["post-23801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-oil-production","tag-opec"],"yoast_head":"\n