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It monitors the oil and gas industry to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and laws. [1] It also oversees the safety and other regulations that relate to the exportation and importation of the products into the country. [2] As part of its activities, the department manages the upstream and downstream sectors in Nigeria petroleum ...
According to the Nigerian constitution, all minerals, gas, and oil the country possesses are legally the property of the Nigerian Federal Government. The revenue gained by the NNPC accounts for 76% of federal government revenue [16] and 40% of the entire country's GDP. As of 2000, oil and gas exports account for 98% of Nigerian export earnings ...
In 1971, the Nigerian National Oil Corporation (NNOC) was created to handle direct commercial operational activities in the oil industry on behalf of the Federal Government. [4] However, the Department of Petroleum Resources in the Federal Ministry of Mines and Power continued to exercise statutory supervision and control of the industry. In ...
The most productive region of the nation is the coastal Niger Delta Basin in the Niger Delta or "South-south" region, which encompasses 78 of the 159 oil fields. Most of Nigeria's oil fields are small and scattered, and in 1990, these small unproductive fields accounted for 62.1% of all Nigerian production.
Nigerian Export Promotion Council (NEPC) Oil and Gas Free Zones Authority (OGFZA) Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) Revenue Mobilisation Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON)
The National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) is an agency under the Federal Ministry of Environment in Nigeria.It was instituted by the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria act of 2006 with the core mandate to oversee the implementation of the National Oil Spill Contingency Plan (NOSCP) which also incorporates the National Oil Spill Contingency System (NOSCS ...
The Nigerian Gas Association is the professional body responsible for the promotion and protection of the interests of the gas industry in Nigeria. Formed in 1999, the NGA's initial membership came from the primary gas production and utilization companies in Nigeria.
Oil and gas in Nigeria. The first oil well in Nigeria was drilled in 1958 in Oloibiri [12] which is present day Bayelsa State. This acted as a milestone for the production of oil and gas in Nigeria and the emergence of the country as a top oil & gas producer globally. In 2022, Nigeria was still Africa's biggest oil producer and one of the ...