Nigeria: Oil Exploration in the North to Continue Till Oil is Found – GMD NNPC
Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Dr. Maikanti Baru, has said oil exploration in northern Nigeria will continue till it is found.
He said this will enable the NNPC to do a massive appraisal of the discovery of gas reserves made in 1999 in the region.
Dr. Baru who was in Kaduna for the 40th edition of the Kaduna International Trade Fair said the corporation was working on the Kolmani River 2 with optimism and high expectation.
He said President Muhammadu Buhari had personally urged the corporation to go back to exploration on the Kolmani River 2 Well and drilling has been going on smoothly and that as of Thursday morning, the corporation had dug 10,075 ft deep with a target to reach 14,270 ft exploration.
“The main purpose of this well...