The Pipeline Infrastructure Nigeria Limited (PINL) has stated host communities and stakeholders alongside the Trans Niger Pipeline (TNP) and Eastern Gas Network (EGN) will play a decisive function in Nigeria’s efforts to obtain its oil and fuel manufacturing targets for 2027 and 2030.
The firm stated the nation’s crude oil and condensate manufacturing averaged 1.77 million barrels per day in 2025, the best in 5 years, whereas pure fuel manufacturing reached 7.2 billion normal cubic ft per day, its highest degree in three years.
General Manager, Community and Government Relations at PINL, Dr. Akpos Mezeh, said this in the course of the firm’s bimonthly stakeholders’ assembly with TNP host communities in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Mezeh stated the oil and fuel trade was coming into a interval of renewed development, stressing that sustaining the momentum would depend upon the steadiness of pipeline networks and stronger cooperation between operators, host communities and different stakeholders.
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd) is focusing on crude oil manufacturing of two million barrels per day by 2027 and three million barrels per day by 2030. It additionally goals to increase pure fuel manufacturing to 12 billion normal cubic ft every day by 2030.
PINL is liable for the Eastern hall of the Trans Niger Pipeline.
Citing NNPC Ltd’s audited 2025 outcomes, Mezeh famous that the nationwide oil firm recorded a revenue after tax of N7.2 trillion, representing a 33 per cent improve from N5.4 trillion in 2024.
He stated the manufacturing figures underscored the significance of defending essential pipeline infrastructure and sustaining peaceable relations with host communities.
Stakeholders on the assembly recommended PINL’s operations and urged the Federal Government to maintain and increase its contract.
Head of Field Operations, Eastern Corridor, on the NNPC Project Monitoring Office, Engr. Omojevwhe Akponime, stated the corporate’s every day operational critiques confirmed that pipeline operations inside PINL’s protection space remained passable.
He recalled that PINL’s efficiency had attracted no adversarial questions throughout a latest NNPC administration session, including that the corporate was doing nicely.
The Eze Eberi-Ugo Omuma, King Onyekachi Amaonwu, additionally linked the nation’s manufacturing ambitions to the cooperation of communities alongside the pipeline corridors.
Similarly, the Eze Ekpeye-Logbo, King Kevin Anugwo, stated communities in Ekpeye had returned to farming and fishing following the curbing of crude oil theft alongside the pipeline.
He defined that crude spills and air pollution had beforehand disrupted livelihoods and prevented residents from utilizing their fishing waters.
“Before you came on board, we were unable to fish in our waters because the crude oil had taken over the place,” Anugwo stated.
Meanwhile, spokesperson of the Niger Delta Ethnic Youth Leaders Forum, Engr. Legborsi Yamaabana, thanked the Federal Government for renewing PINL’s contract.
He maintained that the renewal was vital for sustaining pipeline safety, neighborhood engagement and improved oil manufacturing, including that opposing voices wouldn’t change the area’s place.
The stakeholders burdened that sustained collaboration between pipeline operators and host communities remained important to defending infrastructure, restoring livelihoods and reaching Nigeria’s manufacturing targets.
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