Nigeria plans to ship an average of 1.44 million barrels per day (b/d) of crude and condensate in October, down 2.4% from the 1.47 million b/d scheduled for September, according to loading programmes covering 17 grades.
Light Sweet Grades
- Utapate exports will rise to 61,000 b/d across two cargoes in October, up from one in September, with NNPC handling both.
- Bonny Light holds steady at 213,000 b/d, split across seven cargoes—NNPC five, Shell two.
- CJ Blend will see a single 31,000 b/d cargo load on 17–18 October.
- Okwuibome matches that with 31,000 b/d scheduled for 20–25 October. Combined, the two grades fell from 43,000 b/d in September.
- Brass River returns with 29,000 b/d (one cargo, 13–14 October) after no September loadings.
- Abo will ship 700,000 bl (22,600 b/d) in one cargo over 5–6 October.
Medium-Sweet Grades
- Forcados loadings drop to 272,000 b/d (nine cargoes) from 286,000 b/d in September. NNPC will lift four cargoes, Shell three, Shoreline one, Eni one.
- Bonga climbs sharply to 160,000 b/d (five cargoes), the highest since January, compared with 102,000 b/d in September. NNPC will lift two cargoes, with Eni, Shell, and TotalEnergies taking one each.
- EA Blend disappears from the October schedule after 32,000 b/d in September.
Other Key Grades (000 b/d & Cargoes)
- Agbami – 91.9 (3 cargoes) vs 95.0 (3)
- Escravos – 122.6 (4) vs 126.7 (4)
- Usan – 32.3 (1) vs n/a
- Qua Iboe – 153.2 (5) vs 158.3 (5)
- Yoho – 30.6 (1) vs 31.7 (1)
- Amenam – 61.3 (2) vs 63.3 (2)
- Akpo – 30.6 (1) vs 63.3 (2)
- Egina – 32.3 (1) vs 66.7 (2)
- Erha – 61.3 (2) vs 63.3 (2)
- CJ Blend – 30.6 (1) vs 43.3 (2)
- Okwuibome – 30.6 (1) vs 95.0 (3)
- Abo – 22.6 (1) vs n/a
- Utapate – 61.3 (2) vs 31.7 (1)
Total Flows
In all, Nigeria will export 1.44 million b/d from 47 cargoes in October, slightly below 1.47 million b/d across 47 cargoes in September.