Members of the task force on illegal crude oil bunkering and artisanal refinery stand close to a distillation tank during the destruction of Bakana ii illegal artisanal camp in Okrika, Rivers state, Nigeria January 28, 2022. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde ABUJA, Sept 12 (Reuters) – Nigeria reduced its crude oil losses to 9,600 barrels per day by July, marking the lowest level since 2009, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) said on Friday.
The figure represents a significant drop from the 102,900 bpd lost in 2021, the highest in more than two decades.