The Group Managing Director, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, Mele Kyari, says that the country now produces 1.74 million barrels of crude oil per day.
Kyari gave the figure in Abuja on Wednesday at a public presentation and breakdown of highlights of the 2022 Appropriation Act.
“Three months ago we came down to 1.5 million barrels per day because of security issues and we are responding to it.
“As of today (Wednesdwy January 5, 2022), production has increased to 1.74 million barrels per day and there are on-going interventions to better the situation on security.
“The expectations are that within the month, we will get to 1.8 million barrels per day and exceed the limit within the year,” he said.
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