The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says it recorded an overall 97.4% performance on its enforcement of the Domestic Crude Supply Obligation (DCSO) for Q2 2026.
The Commission, which disclosed this in its operational statistics for the Q2 2026 released on Monday, said a total of 53.7 million barrels of crude oil and condensate were supplied to local refiners across the country between April and June in accordance with the provisions of Section 109 of the Petroleum Industry Act.
The statistics showed that DCSO is being actively administered and enforced by the NUPRC.
On a monthly basis, the Commission said it met with stakeholders, including crude oil producers and local licensed refineries after which the producers were allocated a specific volume of their crude oil and condensate offered to local licensed refineries.
However, in line with the PIA, the Commission said the framework is operating on a “willing buyer, willing seller” basis, which shapes eventual outcomes.
In the month of April, the Commission said following consultations with stakeholders, about 18,127,638 barrels were allocated to producers.
It reported that the producers exceeded expectations, with an offer of 19,312,476 barrels to refiners. About 20,879,381 barrels were eventually supplied to local refiners, meaning the producers met 114.9% of their allocation.
In May, the Commission said, in enforcing its DCSO, it allocated 18,778,392 barrels of crude oil to the producers, but the producers exceeded their expectation once again, offering about 23,187,893 barrels to the local refiners.
However, the producers’ actual supply to the refiners by the end of the month stood at 14,228,865 barrels, representing 75.8% compliance.
In the month of June, the Commission said it allocated 18,172,638 barrels to the producers, while the producers offered 26,835,119 barrels to refiners, which in turn took 18,606,026 barrels, representing a 102.4% performance.
The Commission observed that the improvement in DCSO coincided with an increase in local oil production and the signing of the long term crude supply agreement supported by bankable Sales and Purchase agreement between the Producers and Domestic refiners.
At the level of refinery participation, the statistics showed that the Dangote Refinery required 63 million barrels in Q2 against higher volumes of 68.1 million barrels the producers offered, out of which 78% of the volume, or 52.6 million barrels were eventually accepted by the Dangote refinery.
The 68.1 million barrels offered to the Dangote Refinery by producers represented 98% of all offered volumes.
While reaffirming its commitment to achieving the government’s objective of energy sufficiency, the Commission said it would continue to leverage the framework of the PIA, 2021 to sustain recent gains in crude oil production, while continuously enforcing the DCSO.
