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Nigeria is the second largest oil and gas producer in Africa (after Angola). [1] Crude oil from the Niger Delta basin comes in two types: light, and comparatively heavy – the lighter has around 36 of API gravity while the heavier has 20–25 of API gravity. Both types are paraffinic and low in Sulphur. [2]
Production in the other major OECD producers (the United States, United Kingdom, Norway and Mexico) at that time have been declining, as was conventional oil production in Canada. Total crude oil production in Canada was projected to increase by an average of 8.6 percent per year from 2008 to 2011 as a result of new non-conventional oil projects.
South Atlantic Petroleum, also known as SAPETRO, is a Nigerian oil and gas exploration and production company [1] which has a share in the development of the Akpo deepwater field off the coast of Port Harcourt. Its chairman is Theophilus Danjuma. [2]
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.
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 ...
Nigaz is an energy exploration and generation company operating throughout Nigeria, specializing in the construction of oil and gas refineries, pipelines, and gas power stations. [1] It is a joint venture between the Russian gas company Gazprom EP International B.V. (100% affiliate of OAO Gazprom) and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation ...
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 ...
In 2010 Canada was the United States' leading oil supplier, exporting some 707,316,000 barrels (112,454,300 m 3) of oil per year (1,937,852 barrels per day (308,093.8 m 3 /d)), 99 percent of its annual oil exports, according to the EIA. [33] Following the OPEC oil embargo in the early 1970s, Canada took initiative to control its oil supplies.