{
  "id": 12895496,
  "title": "NUPRC: 2025 oil licensing round could add 500 million barrels to Nigeria’s reserves",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/nuprc-2025-oil-licensing-round-could-add-500-million-barrels-to",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-08T15:42:13.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nairametrics",
    "slug": "nairametrics",
    "url": "https://nairametrics.com/2026/10/08/nuprc-2025-oil-licensing-round-could-add-500-million-barrels-to-nigerias-reserves/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) has announced that the 2025 oil licensing round could potentially add approximately 500 million barrels to Nigeria's crude oil reserves and generate an additional 300,000 barrels per day of crude oil and condensate production within the next five years. NUPRC Chief Executive Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan revealed these projections during the 2026 Energy Conference in Lagos, emphasizing that the success of the awarded assets would be crucial to meeting Nigeria's goal of producing three million barrels of crude oil per day by 2030.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nairametrics",
        "title": "Nigeria’s net foreign reserves rise to record $46 billion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/nigerias-net-foreign-reserves-rise-to-record-46-billion",
        "published": "2026-10-08T12:45:29.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BusinessDay Nigeria",
        "title": "Hot money props Nigeria’s FX reserves with export earnings aloof",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/08/hot-money-props-nigerias-fx-reserves-with-export-earnings-aloof",
        "published": "2026-10-08T14:45:17.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}