Odimmegwa Johnpeter/Abuja
The Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) has pledged to collaborate with the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) to help Nigeria achieve its target of producing three million barrels of crude oil per day by 2030. This was contained in a statement signed by Eniola Akinkuotu, Head, Media and Corporate Communications.
The newly elected President of PENGASSAN, Comrade Bosun Olabiyi-Agoro, made the commitment on Wednesday during a visit by the union’s new leadership to the corporate headquarters of the NUPRC in Abuja.
Olabiyi-Agoro said the union was ready to work with the Commission and other stakeholders to support the Federal Government’s ambition of increasing crude oil production.
According to him, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, through the Commission, has set an ambitious target of raising oil production to three million barrels per day by 2030, stressing that all stakeholders must contribute towards achieving the objective.
“The President of Nigeria has an ambition which he runs through the CCE, which is to make sure that by 2030 we are able to produce three million barrels per day. All of us have to work to make that happen.
“It will be our happiness to make sure that that target is actually attained. We can assure you that we are here to collaborate. We will be very reasonable,” he said.
The PENGASSAN president, however, stressed that while the union remained open to negotiations and constructive engagement, the rights of workers to freely associate and join a union remained non-negotiable.
He also identified contract staffing as one of the key issues his administration would address, indicating that the union would pursue measures to protect the interests and welfare of workers in the industry.
Earlier, the Commission Chief Executive of NUPRC, Mrs. Oritsemeyiwa Eyesan, said the Federal Government had been working to increase oil production, citing the latest executive order aimed at boosting investment in the deep offshore sector.
Eyesan said Nigeria’s crude oil production had increased from about 1.1 million barrels per day a few years ago to an estimated 1.755 million barrels per day in 2026.
She, however, emphasised that industrial harmony and stability remained critical to sustaining the growth and achieving higher production targets.
The NUPRC boss consequently solicited the support of the new PENGASSAN leadership in achieving the government’s production and gas development objectives.
“As you settle into your new role, be assured that the Commission will give you 150 per cent cooperation. In addition to the support we will give you, we want to ask that we work very closely to actualise government objectives,” Eyesan said.
She added that the Commission was targeting an increase in crude oil production from its current level to three million barrels per day by 2030, while gas production, currently below eight billion cubic feet per day, is expected to rise to 12 billion cubic feet per day within the same period.“So, let’s make that happen,” she urged.
The meeting underscored the importance of collaboration between regulators and organised labour in sustaining industrial peace, attracting investment and unlocking Nigeria’s upstream oil and gas potential.
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