…Drilling starts in March
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, (NNPCL), has announced the discovery of oil in Nasarawa State.
The corporation also stated that it’s prepared to drill the first foot of an oil well in the North-Central State.
With this development, Nasarawa becomes the third State in Northern Nigeria where oil has been discovered in commercial quantity.
The announcement was made by the NNPCLs Group Managing Director, (GMD), Mele Kyari, when he received a delegation comprising Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule, and prominent indigenes of the State on a courtesy visit yesterday.
According to the NNPCL, the discovery was part of its continued oil exploration activities in the country’s inland basins, disclosing that the spud-in ceremony of the first oil well in the State will hold in March 2023.
In an issued statement by the Corporations spokesperson, Garba-Deen Mohammad, yesterday, the NNPCL GMD was quoted as saying the results of exploratory activities confirmed the presence of substantial hydrocarbon resources in the State.
Kyari, therefore, called for expedited action on the project amid a reduction in investment in fossil fuels occasioned by the global energy transition.
This development comes a few days after it was reported that NNPCL was prospecting for crude oil in more locations across the North, after discovering the commodity in Bauchi and Gombe States.
