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Nigeria produced a total of about 554.4 million barrels of crude oil and condensate in 2025 , The Nation learnt yesterday.This was contained in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) document titled: “Crude oil and condensate production 2025.”The lowest price of the Brent Crude in 2025 was $63/b at the close of the year, while it opened with $79/b as the highest price.On crude oil production, the document said the output was as follows: January 1.53mb/d, February 1.46mb/d, March 1.40mb/d, April 1.48mb/d, May 1.45mb/d, June 1.50mb/d, July 1.50mb/d, August 1.43mb/d, September 1.38mb/d, October 1.42mb/d, and November 1.43mb/d and 1.42mb/d in December.The period under review was an experience of opening up of shut-in oil wells and relative peaceful atmosphere in the Niger Delta region.There were however moments of shutdown for routine maintenance and other incidents like explosion on the Escravos Lagos Pipeline Line (ESPL) that impacted production.