Nigeria, Feb. 26 -- The Minister for State, Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, said on Wednesday that Nigeria's oil sector is facing a significant struggle due to the underperformance of the upstream sector.

Mr Lokpobiri disclosed this at the ongoing 8th edition of the Nigeria International Energy Summit (NIES 2025) in Abuja.

The minister added that the success of the oil and gas industry is predicated on the success of the upstream division.

"The reason why we're struggling in the entire sector is because the upstream is underperforming. And once the upstream succeeds, the midstream will succeed and the downstream will succeed," Mr Lokpobiri said.

He highlighted the challenges facing the sector, to include domestic crude ...