THE NIGERIAN UPSTREAM PETROLEUM REGULATORY COMMISSION (NUPRC) HAS SAID OIL RIG COUNT IN THE COUNTRY ROSE FROM EIGHT IN 2021 TO 69 AS OF OCTOBER 2, 2025, REPRESENTING A 762.5% INCREASE IN BARELY FOUR YEARS.
A STATEMENT BY THE COMMISSION SAID THE LATEST RIG COUNT OF 69 COMPRISES 40 ACTIVE RIGS, EIGHT ON STANDBY, FIVE ON WARM STACK, FOUR ON COLD STACK, AND 12 ON THE MOVE.
THE STATISTICS WERE RELEASED AS THE COMMISSION PUBLISHED A LIST OF ITS ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE FOUR YEARS SINCE ITS ESTABLISHMENT.