Nigeria President, Muhammadu Buhari will November 22, officially flag off the ground-breaking ceremony of the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 at the Kolmani field site in Bauchi and Gombe States.
This follows three years after the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Ltd discovered crude oil in commercial quantity in Northern Nigeria.
Recall that the NNPC Ltd had in October 2019 announced the discovery of crude oil, gas, and condensate in the Kolmani River region at the border community between Bauchi and Gombe states.
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This oil field is to be developed by Sterling Global Oil, New Nigeria Development Company, and NNPC Limited.
Stakeholders in the oil and gas industry have submitted that Nigeria is now more forward-looking in efforts to develop her natural resources.
The ceremony will have the president who also doubles as the minister of Petroleum Resources and his cabinet members, including the minister of state for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva.
Other dignitaries expected at the event are the chairman of the NNPC Board, Mrs Margary Okadigbo; the NNPC group chief executive officer, Mallam Mele Kyari; the executive vice president, Upstream, NNPC Limited, Mr Adokiye Tombomieye; and chief investment officer of the NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services Ltd, Mr Bala Wunti, among others.
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