NNPC Discovers Oil In Nasarawa

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited on Friday announced the discovery of oil in Nasarawa State and said it was ready to drill the first foot of an oil well in the Northern state.

It added that the discovery was in continuation of its oil exploration activities in the country’s inland basins, adding that it would spud the first oil well in Nasarawa State in March 2023.

On Friday, NNPC’s Group Chief Executive Officer, Mele Kyari, announced the oil discovery and the planned spud-in when the Governor of the state, Abdullahi Sule, led a delegation of prominent indigenes on a courtesy visit to NNPC in Abuja.

Kyari, in a statement issued in Abuja by the corporation’s spokesperson, Garba-Deen Mohammad, said the results of exploratory activities confirmed the presence of substantial hydrocarbon resources in the state.

He called for quick action on the project as the global energy transition had led to a reduction in investment in fossil fuels.