据普氏能源资讯8月26日报道，尼日利亚国有石油公司尼日利亚国家石油公司（Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.）周一表示，尽管尼日利亚对生产设施的破坏性袭击有所增加，但是包括凝析油在内的尼日利亚石油产量仍在上升。

NNPC的一位发言人声称，8月的第一周，产量徘徊在220万桶/天左右，而一年前约为192万桶/天。由于20.5万b/d深水埃吉纳油田于12月29日投产，该国原油和凝析油产量在过去六个月大幅增长。

据普氏估计，非洲生产商在6月和7月分别抽取了210万桶/天和205万桶/天的原油和凝析油。

石油公司上周警告称，部分安全问题导致的生产成本上升，对尼日利亚提高石油产量和储量的努力构成了严重挑战。在拉各斯工商会石油生产商贸易小组的保护下，这些公司表示，高昂的成本是投资新项目的主要障碍。

尼日利亚是石油和天然气当量生产成本最高的前10个国家之一。由于商业环境的特殊性，需要额外的资源来保护我们的人员和资产，安全成本正在上升，”该组织主席保罗·麦克格拉斯在8月22日在拉各斯举行的一次行业活动中说。

尼日利亚表示，其目标是到2023年将原油产量从目前的200万桶/日和370亿桶大幅增加到300万桶/日，储备量达到400亿桶。

洪伟立 摘译自 普氏能源资讯

原文如下：

Nigeria's oil production rises despite increase in sabotage: NNPC

Nigeria's oil output including condensates remained on an upward swing despite an increase in sabotage attacks on production facilities, state oil company Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. said Monday.

The country's production hovered around 2.2 million b/d in the first week of August, an NNPC spokesman told S&P Global Platts, compared with around 1.92 million b/d a year ago.

The country's crude and condensate production has risen sharply in the past six months due to the start up of the 205,000 b/d deepwater Egina field which came online December 29.

The African producer pumped 2.1 million b/d and 2.05 million b/d of crude and condensate in June and July respectively, based on Platts estimates.

The NNPC spokesman said however that the steady growth in production was being threatened by a corresponding rise in cases of attacks on its network of oil pipelines.

"NNPC recorded a 77% increase in cases of oil pipeline vandalism in its network of pipeline infrastructure in June 2019," he said, adding that the company was collaborating with government security agencies to secure the pipelines and other production facilities.

Oil companies warned last week that escalating production costs due in part to security issues posed a serious challenge to Nigeria's bid to boost its oil output and reserves.

The companies, under the umbrella body of the Oil Producers' Trade Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce of Commerce and Industry, said high costs were a major disincentive to investing in new projects.

"Nigeria ranks amongst the top 10 countries with the highest cost of producing oil and gas equivalents per barrel. Security costs are escalating as peculiarities of the business environment require additional resources be deployed to secure our people and assets," chairman of the group Paul McGrath said at an industry event in Lagos August 22.

Nigeria has said it aims to sharply increase its crude oil production to 3 million b/d and reserves to 40 billion barrels by 2023, from around 2 million b/d and 37 billion barrels now. us challenge to Nigeria's bid to boost its oil output and reserves.

The companies, under the umbrella body of the Oil Producers' Trade Group of the Lagos Chamber of Commerce of Commerce and Industry, said high costs were a major disincentive to investing in new projects.

"Nigeria ranks amongst the top 10 countries with the highest cost of producing oil and gas equivalents per barrel. Security costs are escalating as peculiarities of the business environment require additional resources be deployed to secure our people and assets," chairman of the group Paul McGrath said at an industry event in Lagos August 22.

Nigeria has said it aims to sharply increase its crude oil production to 3 million b/d and reserves to 40 billion barrels by 2023, from around 2 million b/d and 37 billion barrels now.