NIGERIA - The Geology.

From: APS Review Gas Market Trends | Date: August 1, 2005 | Copyright information

To oil explorers, Nigeria has good prospects. The complex nature of multi-reservoired fields suggests there can be ample scope for adding oil and gas reserves in the existing proven areas, either by detecting small undrilled structures or by adding new reservoirs to existing fields.

With a surface of 923,769 sq km, Nigeria lies in a rich part of West Africa. It borders on Benin to the west, Niger to the north, Chad to the north-east and Cameroon to the south and east. Its coast lies on the Gulf of Guinea.

The country is divided into three sections and is defined by the ...

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