Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) says host communities and stakeholders along the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) and Eastern Gas Network (EGN) will determine whether Nigeria meets its oil and gas production targets for 2027 and 2030.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is targeting crude oil production of 2 million barrels per day by 2027 and 3 million barrels per day by 2030, as well as 12 billion standard cubic feet of natural gas per day by 2030.
PINL, which is responsible for the Eastern corridor of the TNP, made the statement on Friday , October 9, 2026 during its bi-monthly stakeholders meeting with TNP host communities in Port Harcourt.
Speaking at the meeting, the General Manager, Community and Government Relations of PINL, Dr. Akpos Mezeh, said the industry is entering a period of renewed growth, driven in part by the stability of the pipeline networks that transport crude and gas.
He maintained that achieving the national targets will depend on closer cooperation between the company, host communities and all stakeholders along the corridors.
Mezeh cited NNPC Ltd’s audited results for 2025, which showed a Profit After Tax of N7.2 trillion, up 33 percent from N5.4 trillion in 2024.
“More importantly for our discussion today, crude oil and condensate production averaged 1.77 million barrels per day in 2025, the company’s highest production level in five years.”
He added that natural gas production averaged 7.2 billion standard cubic feet per day, the highest in three years.
Stakeholders at the meeting expressed satisfaction with PINL’s operations and called on the Federal Government to sustain and expand its contract.
Head of Field Operations, Eastern Corridor, at the NNPC Project Monitoring Office, Omojevwhe Akponime, said NNPC’s daily reviews show the pipelines in PINL’s area of coverage running green.
“There is no question for PINL. They said so because they are doing well,” he said, recounting a recent NNPC management session.
The Eze Eberi-Ugo of Omuma, King Onyekachi Amaonwu, tied the national production targets directly to the host communities.
“For you to get the target, there is no pipeline in Abuja. It is here,” he said, urging monarchs and community leaders to work with the company.
Also speaking, the Eze Ekpeye-Logbo, King Kevin Anugwo, said Ekpeye communities have returned to their farms and fishing waters since crude theft along the pipeline was curbed.
“Before you came on board, we were unable to fish in our waters because the crude oil had taken over the place,” he said, noting that soot and spilled crude had previously made farming and fishing impossible.
Spokesperson of the Niger Delta Ethnic Youth Leaders Forum, Legborsi Yamaabana, thanked the Federal Government for renewing PINL’s contract and said the region has adopted the company as its own.
“As Niger Delta people, we have adopted PINL as our own,” Yamaabana said, adding that dissenting voices would not change the region’s position.
