Nigeria aligns independents with NNPC

OPEC governor Ademola Adeyemi-Bero explains Nigeria First policy as the African producer looks to drive production back above 2m b/d and play crucial role in OPEC

Nigeria is targeting crude output of more than 2m b/d in the near term, aiming to demonstrate sustained capacity and secure a higher OPEC quota. State-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) and the country’s independent players are aligning around a ‘Nigeria First’ approach, strengthening cooperation across the sector while reinforcing Nigeria’s position as a voice of balance within OPEC. That was the overarching message Ademola Adeyemi-Bero, Nigeria’s OPEC governor, conveyed in an interview with Petroleum Economist at an executive dinner hosted by law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth in London to mark the close of the Association of International Energy Negotiators’ NOC Conference, a pre