據油價網3月29日報道稱，尼日利亞國家石油公司（NNPC）表示，尼日利亞國有石油公司已開始在陸上邊境盆地進行勘探，旨在將歐佩克生產國的探明原油儲量從370億桶增加到500億桶。

NNPC集團首席執行官梅勒·凱里（Mele Kyari）表示，NNPC于周二鉆探了貝努埃海槽中部的第一口油井，該地是政府授權該公司在邊境內陸盆地進行勘探的一部分。

Kyari補充道，新的邊境勘探工作旨在增加尼日利亞的儲量，以加強該國的能源安全，增加尼日利亞人的經濟利益。目前，歐佩克數據顯示，尼日利亞的儲量為370億桶。

Kyari表示，NNPC在納薩拉瓦州奧比地方政府區調動了一臺鉆機，勘探的有效成果可能有助于將儲量增加到500億桶，并在中期內將尼日利亞的原油產量提高到300萬桶/日。

根據歐佩克最新的《月度石油市場報告》，尼日利亞的原油產量從1月份的7.2萬桶/日增加到2月份的138萬桶/日。最近，尼日利亞政府與尼日爾三角洲達成了一項安全協議，該協議似乎阻止了對生產的威脅，并導致尼日利亞石油生產的復蘇。

然而，根據歐佩克的二級來源，2月份的原油產量為138萬桶/日，遠低于尼日利亞作為2022年11月至2023年12月歐佩克+協議的一部分所擁有的174.2萬桶/日配額。

梁金燕 摘譯自 油價網

原文如下：

Nigeria Expands Exploration To Boost Oil Reserves To 50 Billion Barrels

Nigeria’s state oil firm has started exploration in the onshore frontier basins, aiming to boost the OPEC producer’s proven crude oil reserves to 50 billion barrels from 37 billion barrels, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) said.

NNPC spud on Tuesday the first well in the Middle Benue Trough, as part of a presidential mandate for the company to pursue exploration in the frontier inland basins, Mele Kyari, NNPC’s Group Chief Executive Officer, said.

The new frontier exploration efforts aim to boost Nigeria’s reserves – currently proven at 37 billion barrels per OPEC data – to strengthen the country’s energy security and increase economic benefits for Nigerians, Kyari added. 

NNPC mobilized a drilling rig in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, and a positive outcome of the exploration could help boost reserves to 50 billion barrels and raise Nigeria’s crude oil production to 3 million barrels per day (bpd) in the medium term, Kyari said.

According to OPEC’s latest Monthly Oil Market Report (MOMR), Nigeria’s crude oil production rose by 72,000 bpd from January to 1.38 million bpd in February. Recently, the Nigerian government has reached a security deal with the Niger Delta—a deal that appears to be holding off threats to production and leading to a recovery in Nigeria’s oil production.

However, the level of the crude oil output, at 1.38 million bpd in February per OPEC’s secondary sources, was well below the 1.742 million bpd quota Nigeria has as part of the OPEC+ agreement between November 2022 and December 2023.