The ongoing oil search activities in the North-East region of the country by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation has been worthwhile as two oil wells have been drilled in Gombe, according to the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva.
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Nature News gathers that the minister made this known on Monday while featuring on a television programme in Abuja, adding that exploration will continue on Nigeria’s side of the Chad Basin.
Concerning the exploration of oil in the Lake Chad area, Sylva said, “Definitely, we are very much on that project. We have already found oil. We have drilled two wells so far in the North-East, in the Gombe area and they were very successful and the exploration and drilling will continue on our side of the Chad Basin.”
The PUNCH had earlier reported that the Gombe State Government expressed its support to increase Nigeria’s hydrocarbon resource base through the search for oil in the Gongola Basin.
