Akpo crude oil

API gravity

46.7°¹

Sulphur

0.07 wt%

Acidity (TAN)

0.08 mg KOH/g

Pour point

-6 °C

Barrels per tonne

7.93 derived²

Evidence basis: Company-reported Company-published assay, dated 22 October 2020. Crude quality varies from cargo to cargo; in any transaction the certificate of quality for the specific lifting governs, not a published assay.

Akpo: quality and origin

Akpo Blend is a condensate-like stream from a deepwater field about 135 km offshore, produced through an FPSO with two million barrels of storage.³ The TotalEnergies assay of October 2020 gives 46.7° API, 0.07% sulphur and a very low total acid number of 0.08.¹

Naphtha and kerosene dominate: heavy naphtha (80–175 °C) alone is 27.2% by weight and residue above 375 °C only 16.1%.¹ The regulator reports Akpo as condensate — 37.38 thousand b/d in May 2026⁴ — and it sits outside Nigeria's OPEC crude quota.⁵

Recent developments

The Akpo West tie-back started up in February 2024, adding condensate volumes.³ The operator is TotalEnergies with a 24% interest, alongside CNOOC, Sapetro and Prime 130.³ Because TotalEnergies is an equity producer, it markets its own entitlement directly — one of the legitimate non-NNPC routes described in how Nigerian crude is sold. The France market profile shows how that equity link shapes where the barrels go.

Distillation yields

Other assay values: density 793.9 kg/m³; viscosity 3.1 cSt at 10 °C; 1.4 cSt at 50 °C; nickel 1.5 and vanadium 0.1 mg/kg.¹

How published figures compare

Publishers quote different qualities for Akpo because assays are run years apart on a stream whose field mix changes, and because price-reporting agencies publish rounded "typical" values. We show the figures side by side rather than silently choosing one.

Loading, operator and output

Loading point

Akpo FPSO — see the export terminal database

Operator

TotalEnergies Upstream Nigeria (operator, 24%), with CNOOC, Sapetro and Prime 130; OML 130³

Producing area

Deepwater, about 135 km offshore in 1,100–1,300 m of water

Status

Active

Reported output

37.4 thousand b/d — AKPO condensate row, May 2026.⁴ This is production by stream, not exports; part of some streams is delivered to Nigerian refineries.

Pricing basis

A differential to Dated Brent — see how Nigerian crude is priced

Volume conversion

7.93 barrels per tonne at this gravity (our derived figure) — the barrels-to-tonnes converter has Akpo as a preset

Checking an offer

A genuine Akpo cargo traces back to the operator and loading point above. See who can lawfully sell Nigerian crude and the verification centre before engaging any seller

Comparable grades

The Nigerian grades closest to Akpo by API gravity. The comparison tool puts any of them side by side.