Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) has said cooperation from host communities is crucial to Nigeria achieving its oil and gas production targets for 2027 and 2030.
The company made this known at its bimonthly stakeholders’ meeting with host communities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State recently.
Nigeria aims to increase crude oil production to two million barrels per day by 2027 and three million barrels per day by 2030, while raising natural gas production to 12 billion standard cubic feet daily.
PINL General Manager for Community and Stakeholders Relations, Akpos Mezeh, said improved stability across critical pipeline networks had contributed to rising production.
He urged communities, surveillance teams and other stakeholders to sustain their cooperation to protect pipeline infrastructure and support the country’s production ambitions.
Mezeh cited the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited’s 2025 audited financial report, which recorded a profit after tax of ₦7.2 trillion, up from ₦5.4 trillion in 2024.
He added that crude oil and condensate production averaged 1.77 million barrels daily in 2025, while natural gas production reached 7.2 billion standard cubic feet per day.
Omojevwhe Akponime, Head of Field Operations for the Eastern Corridor at the NNPC Project Monitoring Office, said operational monitoring showed that pipeline facilities within PINL’s areas were functioning well.
Traditional rulers also stressed the importance of community support. The Eze Ekpeye-Logbo, Kelvin Anugwo, said reduced crude oil theft had allowed residents in parts of Ekpeye land to return to farming and fishing.
Meanwhile, community representatives welcomed the Federal Government’s renewal of PINL’s pipeline surveillance contract, urging continued cooperation to protect oil infrastructure and sustain production.
