RMAFC reopens verification of disputed and new oil and gas wells from 2017
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What happened
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission announced that an inter-agency technical committee has been reconstituted to verify disputed and newly drilled oil and gas wells from 2017 onward. The committee's work will review well status and attribution used in hydrocarbon revenue allocation.
Why it matters
Well verification changes the dataset used for derivation payments and can alter which state is credited for hydrocarbon production. That can lead to fresh claims from state governments, pressure on operators and requests for updated production and field records from federal agencies.
The Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission said on September 18, 2026 that it had reconstituted an inter-agency technical committee and reopened verification of disputed and newly drilled oil and gas wells dating from 2017 onward. The exercise goes to well ownership, producing status and classification, which feed into derivation payments and federal-state revenue sharing. For senior energy officials, the immediate issue is whether the process remains technical and bounded or turns into a broader contest over upstream governance and allocation formulas.
Watch for
RMAFC publication of the inter-agency technical committee membership and terms of reference by 2026-09-22 NUPRC directive or data request to operators on well coordinates, status or production attribution by 2026-09-22 Akwa Ibom, Rivers or Bayelsa state government filing or formal statement contesting well attribution by 2026-09-22 NNPC Limited or NUPRC acknowledgement of cooperation protocols for the verification exercise by 2026-09-22
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