KEY POINTS
- NNPC recorded Nigeria’s highest crude oil production in five years at 1.71 million barrels daily.
- Nigeria’s Gas Master Plan 2026 targets expanded gas-to-power output and major industrial supply agreements.
- NOG Energy Week 2026 runs July 5 to 9 in Abuja and expects delegations from eight countries.
Nigeria’s national oil company is walking into its biggest energy conference with numbers it has not been able to show the world in years.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company recently hosted senior executives from DMG Events, organizers of the NOG Energy Week Conference and Exhibition, at its Abuja headquarters. The visit was hosted by Andy Odeh, NNPC’s chief corporate communications officer, and centered on how the July conference can help convert Nigeria’s current energy momentum into concrete investment and partnerships.
DMG Senior Vice President for Energy Damian Howard called it plainly after the meeting. Nigeria, he said, is “living its energy moment.”
A mandate report that backs the claim
That description is not without basis. NNPC’s one-year mandate report, released by Group Chief Executive Officer Bayo Ojulari, showed crude oil production averaging 1.71 million barrels per day between April 2025 and April 2026, the highest level in five years. Its upstream subsidiary hit a peak of 565,000 barrels per day in December 2025 alone.
On gas, NNPC sustained supply at 7.5 billion standard cubic feet per day through 2025 and signed new agreements with the Dangote Group covering cement and refinery operations. The company also launched its Gas Master Plan in January 2026 and signed a tripartite memorandum of understanding with China Gas Holdings and Peiyang Chemical Singapore to develop Nigeria’s gas resources. The Ajaokuta-Kaduna-Kano pipeline reached 94 percent completion as of April, with gas supply to Abuja targeted before year-end.
What NOG 2026 is expected to deliver
The 25th edition of NOG Energy Week runs July 5 to 9 at the Bola Ahmed Tinubu International Conference Centre in Abuja. Its theme is “Forging Africa’s Strategic Energy Growth Through Global Collaboration.”
Confirmed speakers include Nigeria’s Ministers of State for Petroleum Resources, Heineken Lokpobiri and Ekperikpe Ekpo, alongside Ojulari and executives from BP, Chevron Nigeria, Siemens Energy, the World Bank and the Africa Finance Corporation. Delegations from China, India, Germany, Italy, Algeria, Uganda and Ghana are expected.
Howard said the conference has spent 25 years serving as the platform where African energy policy meets global capital. The 2026 edition, he added, arrives at a moment when that combination has rarely looked more consequential for Nigeria.
