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The Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted says it’s prospecting for crude oil in additional places throughout the north as a part of measures to shore up the nation’s oil output and reserves.
After discovering the commodity in Bauchi and Gombe states, NNPC said that it was at present taking coordinated steps for extra frontier exploration within the area.
The corporate stated this in a doc, seen by TheCable, on the frontier exploration providers actions of the NNPC from 2020 to 2022.
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The doc outlined some potential states the place oil was anticipated to be found by the NNPC to incorporate Niger, Nasarawa, Sokoto, Borno, Yobe, Adamawa, Bauchi, and Gombe.
Past the North, the Anambra basin was listed as one other space the place the NNPC was striving to search out extra oil.
Prospecting is the primary stage in discovering oil and gasoline subject, beneath which seismic surveys are carried out.
