据油价网3月29日报道称，尼日利亚国家石油公司（NNPC）表示，尼日利亚国有石油公司已开始在陆上边境盆地进行勘探，旨在将欧佩克生产国的探明原油储量从370亿桶增加到500亿桶。

NNPC集团首席执行官梅勒·凯里（Mele Kyari）表示，NNPC于周二钻探了贝努埃海槽中部的第一口油井，该地是政府授权该公司在边境内陆盆地进行勘探的一部分。

Kyari补充道，新的边境勘探工作旨在增加尼日利亚的储量，以加强该国的能源安全，增加尼日利亚人的经济利益。目前，欧佩克数据显示，尼日利亚的储量为370亿桶。

Kyari表示，NNPC在纳萨拉瓦州奥比地方政府区调动了一台钻机，勘探的有效成果可能有助于将储量增加到500亿桶，并在中期内将尼日利亚的原油产量提高到300万桶/日。

根据欧佩克最新的《月度石油市场报告》，尼日利亚的原油产量从1月份的7.2万桶/日增加到2月份的138万桶/日。最近，尼日利亚政府与尼日尔三角洲达成了一项安全协议，该协议似乎阻止了对生产的威胁，并导致尼日利亚石油生产的复苏。

然而，根据欧佩克的二级来源，2月份的原油产量为138万桶/日，远低于尼日利亚作为2022年11月至2023年12月欧佩克+协议的一部分所拥有的174.2万桶/日配额。

梁金燕 摘译自 油价网

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.