Month: June 2022

Quota

NIGERIA’S OPEC QUOTA SHORTFALL RAISES SERIOUS CONCERNS

Nigeria’s inability to meet the Organization of Petroleum Producing Countries, OPEC’s quota of 1.7 million raises serious economic concerns. The Nigerian National Petroleum Company NNPC Ltd, reported that Nigeria produces less than 1.5million bpd of the crude oil quota. This shortfall has resorted to borrowing to complement budget deficits, since oil is still the mainstay …

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Energy generation

Nigeria’s energy generation rises to 89,648MWh

On Monday, May 23rd, 2022, Nigeria generated a total of 89,648.54MWh, a 5.2% increase over the 85,209.68MWh generated the day before. On Monday, power supply jumped by 5.2% to 88,390.76MWh, up from 84,045.52MWh the day before. This is According to the Nigerian Transmission Company (TCN).Despite the little increase, Nigeria’s energy generation remains below the 105 kMWh threshold  required for the country’s power supply to be stable.  Nigerians, in particular, continue to suffer from epileptic power supply, with three system outages  thus far in 2022, resulting in extensive blackouts across the country. Additionally, Nigeria’s energy generation peaked at 3,943.2MW, which is 5.1% higher than the 3,751.1MW peak recorded on Sunday, while off-peak generation rose to 3,424.8MW. Highlights (23rd May 2022) Peak generation – 3,953.2MW (+5.1%) Off-peak generation – 3,424.8MW (+1.9%) Energy generated – 89,648.54MWh (+5.2%) Energy sent out – 88,390.76MWh …

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