Delayed maintenance, low investment limit oil output Angola and Nigeria pumped average of 276kbpd below quota – data Nigerian firms rushing works to boost output – Shoreline’s Karim Production below quotas leaves hundreds of millions on table LAGOS, Sept 27 (Reuters) – Top African oil exporters Nigeria and Angola will struggle to boost output to their OPEC quota levels until at least next year as underinvestment and nagging maintenance problems continue to hobble output, sources at their respective oil firms warn. Their battle mirrors that of several other members of the OPEC+ group who curbed production in the past year to support prices when COVID-19 hit demand, but are now failing to ramp up output to meet soaring global fuel needs as economies recover. read more The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) agreed in July to add 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) to production […]