The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, Wednesday, said it has extended the search for crude oil to the Sokoto Inland Sedimentary Basin. Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mr. Maikanti Baru, stated this when he received a delegation from Sokoto State, led by the Governor, Aminu Tambuwal in Abuja.

Baru was responding to an appeal by the governor, calling on the NNPC to activate oil and gas exploration campaign in the Sokoto Basin with a view to establishing the volume and value of hydrocarbon deposits there. He stated that the NNPC, without any prompting, has since embarked on properly and professional exploration of all inland basins in the country including the Sokoto basin. Baru disclosed that that the NNPC had already procured aeromagnetic data on the Sokoto basin from the Nigerian Geophysical Survey as well as awarded contract for the mapping and procurement of apt samples to further the understanding of the area. He added that the NNPC had contracted its subsidiary, Integrated Data Services Limited, IDSL to carry out various geochemistry investigation to boost the gathering and integration of all relevant data ahead of the planned procurement of seismic 2D data position which would in turn determine various prospects. Furthermore, Baru promised to attend the forthcoming seminar on the Sokoto basin, noting that the NNPC would use the platform to update and also share its knowledge of the basin with relevant stakeholders. On the noticeable limited disruptions in supply of petroleum products due to the recently aborted labour strike, the NNPC boss disclosed that the issues raised by labor have since been settled, adding that normal loading activities had resumed in areas affected by the industrial action. In his own remarks, Tambuwal, argued that based on existing exploration records, it is likely that renewed search for oil in the basin would yield some positive results in the nearest future. He commended the current administration for re-invigorating the quest for oil in the new frontiers, adding that the successful search for hydrocarbon deposit in the basin would go a long way in increasing the nation’s oil reserve with the attendant value addition. He said, “We are here more on an advocacy visit to your office, Mr. GMD, to kindly request for your intervention and attention for the office in charge of frontier exploration to pay attention to Sokoto basin just the way attention is being paid to other basins in the country.” Tambuwal commended Baru for recent successes in the Corporation especially the stability in the supply and distribution of petroleum products across the country. Tambuwal also invited the NNPC to a conference in Sokoto sometimes in October 2017, which is being facilitated by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF in collaboration with the Usman Dan Fodio University. He said the conference would thoroughly x-ray the search for oil in the Sokoto basin.

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I can't really understand the situation we have found ourselves in this country. North fighting and working towards useless and unprofitable northern agenda.
They have dominated NNPC
Their army are python dancing in the southeast
Soon to crocodile dance in southwest.
Searching for oil, with our scarce resources, in northern areas even when oil is becoming irrelevant in less than 15 years from now. By 2030, cars will be 75% electric.
We are watching in 4D.

Buhari's government is really a great mistake.

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What a waste of resources. It"s like searching for water in a desert.

Oh lord I beg you, may north find oil and detach themselves from the south because it is visible to the blind and audible to the deaf that that is their agenda

mybestlove:
I can't really understand the situation we have found ourselves in this country. North fighting and working towards useless and unprofitable northern agenda.
They have dominated NNPC
Their army are python dancing in the southeast
Soon to crocodile dance in southwest.
Searching for oil, with our scarce resources, in northern areas even when oil is becoming irrelevant in less than 15 years from now. By 2030, cars will be 75% electric.
We are watching in 4D.

Buhari's government is really a great mistake.

Very good points u raised.
But the relevance trust me OIL will be relevant for more than you think. Electric vehicles have been around for quite sometime but dey just dont cut it. Even in developed countries.
I believe dey wud be another new innovation dat"ll tackle energy in the world rather dan already existing electric.
Maybe dey mite be a very safe nuclear energy vehicles.
Dat you drive for the rest of your life without eva refueling.

Great, its long overdue; Sokoto and Niger share the same border; if there is oil in Niger then you should expect same for Sokoto - in fact it will not be a matter of if but when.
Let the haters go and die.