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The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday said it has commenced crude oil exploration along the Bida Basin spreading across eight local government councils of Niger state, two in Kwara state and one in Kogi state.

Group managing Director (GMD) of the NNPC, Mallam Mele Kolo Kyari, who disclosed this when he paid courtesy call on Governor Abubakar Sani Bello of Niger on Wednesday said the Corporation is to unveil the 2D seismic data acquisition in the Bida Sokoto basin.

Progress is being recorded in the ongoing exploration of inland basins by the Corporation is capable of growing Nigeria’s reserve to 40 billion barrels by the year 2023, the GMD who spoke through Group General Manager Frontier Exploration Services, Abdullahi Bomai said.

Mere Kyari said, “In depth geological and geochemical studies so far showed that there is strong hydrocarbon bearing indicators that have been confirmed as oil and gas bearing formations in 8 local government areas which extends to 2 other local governments in Kwara state and 1 Local Local government in Kogi state.

“Further exploration activities based on the need for exploration in the Bida Basin, NNPC management has graciously approved the award of contract to Integrated Data Services Limited (IDSL) and their alliance partners (BGP/CNPC International Nigeria limited to embark on immediate Seismic Data Acquisition to further unravel the presence of hydrocarbons in the Bida Basin”.

The NNPC boss told Governor Sani Bello that while efforts are being made to tap the potentials, “The NNPC is indeed delighted for the opportunity of today’s visit to inform you of the activities of NNPC/FES and also to solicit for your .”

According to Kyari, significant progress is being made in the ongoing exploration of inland basins, with a realistic and achievable target of growing the nation’s reserve to 40 million by year 2023 and, “today we are glad to inform you of the commencement of hydrocarbon exploration in the sedimentary section of Niger state.”

While soliciting for the , cooperation and participation of the states and local government councils, traditional rulers and community leaders towards achieving the national mandate, Kyari said the deployment of light and heavy machineries along the basin will soon commence.


The NNPC GMD gave the names of the affected local government areas to include; Mokwa, Lavun, Gbako, Bida, Katcha, Agaie, Edati and Lapai, adding that in the course of conducting the operations, a lot of skilled, semi-skilled and unskilled workers from Niger state will be engaged.

Governor Abubakar Sani Bello in his response expressed happiness over the realization of the project, stressing the need for the Corporation to pay adequate compensation to communities who would be affected by the oil exporation.

Governor told the NNPC delegation, “We are all excited over the good news of the oil exploration. As you know, research in the development of the Bida Basin has been on for some times. We are however happy that the NNPC is seeing to the success of the project. We are hopeful that Niger state will the oil producing states.”

Bello also assured of preparedness of his istration to work with the NNPC towards ensuring that the affected communities are carried along and as well to compensate the people that would be affected by the oil exploration activities.

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What happened to Bauchi and Gombe oil discovery?

Exploration doesn't mean dey have found oil... It means dey are LOOKING for it

Corporate2020:


Go and return your Primary School certificate because my neighbor's primary two son knows better than the rubbish you posted here

Stop exposing ur ignorance and stupidity on a public forum. If u had any primary education, U wouldn't b embarassing urself and ur family here

Why wasn't the local government in Kwara and Kogi mentioned?

When will they discover the huge oil reserve in sokoto?? .. bunch of nitwits

According to Psquare, Na just audio

The North doesn't have the potentials for Hydrocarbon accumulation. This is wastage of resources.

Juliusmalema:
What happened to Bauchi and Gombe oil discovery?

Those are reserved for the time when the oyel from the south is gone, and Arewa republic is in effect.

OP, the right word is NNPC begins exploration not discover.

They didn't discover anything.

eagleu:

Those are reserved for the time when the oyel from the south is gone, and Arewa republic is in effect.

That's good if it is for Arewa republic.

eagleu:

Those are reserved for the time when the oyel from the south is gone, and Arewa republic is in effect.

By then oil would have been useless too

but why oil

why not drill brains , infrastructures etc

i dont get it

Iz okay, hope they'll find it o

Whilst they have zero refining capacity for the millions of barrels we currently drill per day!
Whilst bleeding the country's Forex to the tune of almost $8billion ~ ₦3trillion (roughly a third of our national budget equivalent) in importing refined petroleum products per annum.

"Wisdom is profitable to direct" -- Eccl. 10:10.

So after oil is oil for them ni.
What's the effect of the oil sef in this country??

Some Ladies be replying fast until you ask them to visit, then suddenly their battery dies�

Useless confused government

Oil is becoming useless and yet Nigerian government no wan get sense. Lots of country are now agressively focusing on clean energy but here we are again.in this our very lifetime oil will become useless

It's well

all d one una don sell neva reach abi, una dey sell and we nor dey see the money and una con dey find another one. one day dis kon3 go just sink and all of us go find ourselves in another planet.

I pray to god they don't get to see a single drop. We have become so lazy.

Hopeless people in government Making just noise...

Juliusmelama:

The Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Wednesday said it has commenced crude oil exploration along the Bida Basin spreading across eight local government councils of Niger state, two in Kwara state and one in Kogi state....

oil must be found

The money looted through this exploration

Is scary
One of the biggest scams of this istration

Juliusmalema:
What happened to Bauchi and Gombe oil discovery?

The oil there is too good.

After all this exploration they will start telling us another story and be borrowing everywhere

Ndcz

Hdv

ANOTHER AVENUE TO WASTE MONEY AND STEAL AT THE SAME TIME...WHERE IS THE PROOF OR SIGN THAT THERE IS OIL IN ANY OF THESE REGIONS...MY COUNTRY O