Nigeria
net exporterAnswer
Nigeria exports about 1.1 million barrels of crude a day. The largest buyers are USA (14%), India (13%) and France (12%).
Data: 2025 annual averages
Key figures
- Crude oil exports, barrels per day
- 1.1 million
- Largest buyer
- USA · 14%
- Main chokepoint on its routes
- Cape of Good Hope · 13%
Where does Nigeria's oil go?
| Buyer | share | thousand b/d |
|---|---|---|
| USA | 14% | 157 |
| India | 13% | 150 |
| France | 12% | 134 |
| Netherlands | 5% | 62 |
| Germany | 5% | 59 |
| Italy | 5% | 57 |
| Belgium | 4% | 50 |
| United Kingdom | 3% | 32 |
| Portugal | 2% | 19 |
| Poland | 2% | 18 |
| other destinations (not on the map) | 35% | 392 |
UN Comtrade, JODI-Oil · 2025
Which chokepoints does Nigeria's oil pass through?
The main maritime chokepoints on the way are Cape of Good Hope (13% of exports) and Danish Straits (2% of exports).
- Cape of Good Hope13% of exports · 150
- Danish Straits2% of exports · 18
13% of exports passes through Cape of Good Hope, but these are calm waters – the routes avoid dangerous straits.
UN Comtrade · 2025
How much crude oil does Nigeria export?
Produces 1.5 million barrels a day. Uses 31% at home and sells 1.1 million (69%) abroad – one supertanker every 2 days.
JODI-Oil · 2025
Nigeria: how did the 2026 oil crisis affect supplies and prices?
- February 28, 2026Iran closes the Strait of HormuzNigeria: supplies keep flowing – yet the price still rises, because oil has one world priceWikipedia: 2026 Strait of Hormuz crisis
- March 11, 2026IEA countries release 400 million barrels from emergency stocksIEA, 11 Mar 2026
- September 11, 2026Drones hit Saudi Arabia's East-West pipeline – the main route around HormuzCNBC, 14 Sept 2026
- September 28, 2026The East-West pipeline runs again, at lower capacitywnp.pl, 28 Sept 2026
Effect on supplies: model of oil routes (2025 flows), stranded = no sea route left on that day.
Main terminal: Bonny
Sources
- UN Comtrade – crude oil imports by country of origin (HS 2709), as reported by the importing country · 2025
- JODI-Oil – national crude oil production, imports and exports · 2025
- U.S. EIA – crude oil and petroleum products passing through maritime chokepoints · 2023
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CSV and JSON, CC BY 4.0 – credit “chokepoints.io” with a link. Volumes in thousand barrels per day, 2025 annual averages.
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