Crude oil deliveries to Nigeria’s domestic refineries surged by 88.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, as the Federal Government’s Domestic Crude Supply Obligation recorded a 97.4 per cent performance, new data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission have shown.
The NUPRC disclosed that local refineries received 53.7 million barrels of crude oil and condensate between April and June, compared with 28.5 million barrels delivered in the first quarter.
The latest figure represents an increase of 25.2 million barrels, or 88.4 per cent, over the 28.5 million barrels supplied to domestic refineries in Q1.
The sharp improvement marks a significant turnaround in the implementation of the DCSO, which struggled to convert producers’ offers into actual deliveries in the first quarter.
The commission, in a statement issued by its Head of Media and Corporate Communications, Eniola Akinkuotu, on Monday, said the Q2 figures showed that the DCSO was
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