Nigeria’s crude oil output drops to 1.51m bpd in October — NUPRC
Verified: 4 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11, 4 of them from Nigeria.
Nigeria’s crude oil production declined slightly to 1.51 million barrels per day (bpd) in October 2026, from 1.53 million bpd recorded in September, according to data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC). The figure represents a 1.7 per cent month-on-month decline. Despite the drop, Nigeria maintained crude oil production above its Organisation of…
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4 outlets from Nigeria, where the story is: BusinessDay Nigeria, Premium Times Nigeria, The Punch and 1 more · how we count
- Nov 11, 1:59 PM UTCFirst reportNigeria’s crude oil output dips in October – NUPRCpremiumtimesng.com ↗
- Nov 11, 2:29 PM UTC+30 minNigeria records 1.69m barrels daily oil output in Octoberpunchng.com ↗
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 2:29 PM UTC · +30 min
- Nov 11, 2:59 PM UTC+1 hNigeria’s crude oil production dips to 1.68mbpd in Octoberbusinessday.ng ↗
- Nov 11, 3:29 PM UTC+2 h· you’re reading thisNigeria’s crude oil output drops to 1.51m bpd in October — NUPRCvanguardngr.com ↗
[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 2 covers the same NUPRC October output release but gives a different figure (1.69m bpd, crude plus condensate) than Report 1's 1.51m bpd crude figure, so they cannot both be true.
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