The Group Managing Director of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has said that the speculations that oil has been found in commercial quantity in the Bida Basin should be discountenanced, stressing that the search for oil in the basin is still ongoing. Dr.
Niger State Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Hajiya Ramatu Yar’Adua , has explained that seven shallow oil wells drilled in parts of the state have confirmed the presence of high quantity and quality of hydro carbon in its quest for oil exploration in the Bida Basin. The Commissioner stated this in Minna, during a press briefing […]