{
  "id": 14317788,
  "title": "Nigeria’s oil output surges 1.72m barrels in Sept",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nigerias-oil-output-surges-1-72m-barrels-in-sept-14317788",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-13T23:32:54.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch Nigeria",
    "slug": "punch-nigeria",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/nigerias-oil-output-surges-1-72m-barrels-in-sept/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Nigeria's oil production surged to 1.717 million barrels per day in September, meeting its Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries quota for the fifth consecutive month. Daily output increased by 2.34% to 1.717 million barrels, according to the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The country's production peaked at 1.84 million barrels on its highest-producing day in September, while the lowest-producing day saw output at 1.68 million barrels. The NUPRC attributed the improved performance to stable production operations and the absence of major pipeline outages. Nigeria's daily oil production in the nine months to September reached 450.17 million barrels.",
  "summary": "Nigeria’s daily crude oil and condensate production rose to 1.717 million barrels in September, meeting its OPEC quota for the fifth consecutive month. Read More: https://punchng.com/nigerias-oil-output-surges-1-72m-barrels-in-sept/",
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        "outlet": "Punch",
        "title": "Nigeria’s oil output surges 1.72m barrels in Sept",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/13/nigerias-oil-output-surges-1-72m-barrels-in-sept",
        "published": "2026-10-13T23:24:54.000Z"
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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."
}