Nigeria's Defense Minister, Bello Matawalle, has said the country's crude oil production will reach 1.9 million barrels per day by December 2023. Metawalle disclosed this on Sunday during an Interview with NAN. He said the Federal Government is committed to the fight against crude oil theft to boost oil production. He stated further that as a result of the efforts by the government, crude oil theft is less active than it used to be.
reports that the data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission shows that the country's crude oil production in October was 1.5 million barrels per day. The development comes as Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited data on oil theft activities showed that on October 28 and November 3, the country recorded 227 cases of crude oil theft.