The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) has announced that Nigeria’s average daily crude oil production increased to 1.505 million barrels per day (bpd) in June, according to its latest monthly market report released on Tuesday.
OPEC revealed that the production figures were obtained through direct communication with Nigerian authorities, one of the two main sources the cartel relies on for data. The other source includes secondary intelligence platforms that track energy production.
This recent output represents a 3.58 percent increase from the 1.453 million bpd recorded in May and marks Nigeria’s highest production level since January. Notably, this is the second time in 2025 that Nigeria has met OPEC’s production quota of 1.5 million bpd.
Meanwhile, secondary data sources estimated Nigeria’s crude output at 1.547 million bpd in June, reflecting a 1.24 percent rise from May’s 1.528 million bpd.
With these production levels, Nigeria continues to hold its position as Africa’s top oil producer, followed by Algeria, which produced 927,000 bpd in June.
Citing secondary sources, OPEC reported that total crude oil production among its member countries averaged 41.56 million barrels per day (mb/d) in June 2025, a month-on-month increase of 349,000 barrels.
In related developments, on July 6, OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) agreed to boost production by 548,000 bpd starting in August. The cartel stated that participating countries “will implement a production adjustment of 548,000 barrels per day in August 2025 relative to the July 2025 production level.”
