據油價網4月10日消息，尼日利亞媒體報道稱，尼日利亞上個月的石油日產量為151.7萬桶，比2月份下降了2%，而2月份的平均日產量環比增長了3.5%。

這些來自尼日利亞上游石油監管委員會的數據與產量持續增長的預期相反，這意味著該國可能達不到預算所需的產量水平，即2023年全年平均169萬桶的日產量。

這是尼日利亞石油工業在過去六個月里石油產量首次下降。然而，即使最近產量有所增加，尼日利亞仍然沒有達到歐佩克的產量目標，即180萬桶/天。

尼日利亞一直落后于其生產配額，但這只是OPEC+在提高產量方面面臨的其中一個問題。現在，歐佩克再次減產，僅沙特阿拉伯就承諾每天減產50萬桶。

尼日利亞不在承諾進一步減產的OPEC+成員國之列，這些國家包括了沙特阿拉伯、阿聯酋、科威特、伊拉克、阿爾及利亞、阿曼、加蓬和哈薩克斯坦。

與此同時，尼日利亞已加大努力，提高其長期生產前景。上個月，國有能源巨頭NNPC開始在陸上盆地進行勘探工作，旨在將該國已探明的石油儲量從370億桶擴大到500億桶。

尼日利亞國家石油公司首席執行官mele Kyari表示，已探明儲量的增加應該有助于加強尼日利亞的能源安全，提高國家的經濟效益。

何勝男 編譯自油價網 

原文如下： 

Nigeria’s Oil Production Drops For The First Time In Six Months 

Nigeria produced 1.517 million barrels of oil per day last month, down by 2% from February, Nigerian media reported, noting that the February average had represented a monthly increase of 3.5%. 

The figures come from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission and counter expectations of a continued increase in output. This means that the country might miss the output level needed for the budget, which stands at 1.69 million bpd for full 2023. 

This was the first production decline in Nigeria’s oil industry in the last six months. However, even with the recent production increases, Nigeria remained short of its OPEC production target, which stands at 1.8 million bpd. 

Nigeria has been lagging behind with its production quota but that was only a problem when OPEC+ was boosting production. Now, the cartel is cutting again, with Saudi Arabia alone pledging half a million barrels daily in output reduction. 

Understandably, Nigeria is not among the OPEC+ members that have made commitments for additional cuts. These include Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Iraq, Algeria, Oman, Gabon, and OPEC+ member Kazakhstan. 

Nigeria, meanwhile, has stepped up efforts to boost its long-term production prospects. State-owned energy major NNPC began exploration works in onshore frontier basins last month, aiming to expand the country’s proven oil reserves from 37 billion barrels to 50 billion barrels. 

The boost in proven reserves should serve to enhance Nigeria’s energy security and improve economic benefits for the nation, according to NNPC’s chief executive, mele Kyari.