Nigeria targets 40 billion barrels oil reserve by 2020

The plan by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to grow the nation’s crude oil reserves to 40 billion barrels by the year 2020 received a major boost on Thursday with the execution of a tripartite agreement in Abuja. The agreement was between the NNPC/FIRST Exploration & Production Joint Venture and Schlumberger for the development of […]

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U.S. slated to sell $375 mln of emergency reserve oil this winter

The U.S. government is slated to sell $375 million worth of crude oil from the country’s emergency reserve this winter after Congress passed a temporary spending bill on Friday that contained a measure authorizing the sale. President Barack Obama’s administration has pushed Congress to approve an up to $2 billion plan for a revamp of […]

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