Commercial Quantities of Oil and Gas found in Niger State
Niger State will soon become an oil-producing state, going by recent reports that commercial quantities of oil and gas have been found in the Bida Basin which is in the state.
This discovery was announced by the standing committee set up by the Niger State government to fast-track exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon (oil and gas) deposit in the Bida Basin, after analysis of the study so far indicating the prospects of large commercial deposits of hydrocarbon in the basin where the source rocks have been discovered.
The committee chaired by General Mohammad Inuwa Wushishi and Etsu Nupe Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar as member told journalists over the weekend in Minna, after the meeting of the committee, that they intend to network with other states with inland hydrocarbon basins in the north to forge a common front for quick actions.
They added that the networking with the efforts being made in other inland basins in the north was part of deliberate steps in actualising full exploration of hydrocarbon in the basin.
The commissioner of mineral development in the state, Engr Jibreel Abubakar, and the secretary of the committee, Alhaji Yabagi Sani, jointly told journalists that the committee had decided to liaise with similar efforts in Sokoto, Borno, Bauchi and Benue basins to form inland hydrocarbon basins exploration association in the north.
Alhaji Sani stated that preliminary findings have shown that there is 30 per cent oil and 70 per cent gas deposits in the basin from the source rock.
Sani stated that the source rock have been analysed after two shallow wells have been drilled in Agaie and Kudu in Niger State and expelled, but noted that the committee would have to go further to undertake aero-magnetic geological mapping to be able to track the deposits and geophysical data.
He disclosed that from the geochemistry analysed, the Toxic Content (TOC) using sulphur analyzer showed that the deposit of hydrocarbon on the basin is above 0.5 per cent required in value, invariably making the value of the deposit high in quality.
The secretary of the committee stated that, considering the fact that the federal government is the only level of government that has control over the exploration, the committee would engage the federal government and also organise an international workshop to ensure that investors were encouraged to invest in the exploration process.
He therefore posited that forging a common front with other basins in the north that are all on the same platform would encourage the federal government and other agencies to speed up efforts in the exploration process.
The commissioner of mineral development, who is also a member of the committee, stated that the government was ready to make the dream of the exploration a reality, hence a synergy must be established with the federal government and other necessary agencies.
He stated that, as part of the state government’s commitments, the committee on hydrocarbon deposit development in Bida Basin has to be transformed into a standing committee and the secretariat upgraded to a directorate with the secretary of the committee as the director-general.
This discovery was announced by the standing committee set up by the Niger State government to fast-track exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbon (oil and gas) deposit in the Bida Basin, after analysis of the study so far indicating the prospects of large commercial deposits of hydrocarbon in the basin where the source rocks have been discovered.
The committee chaired by General Mohammad Inuwa Wushishi and Etsu Nupe Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar as member told journalists over the weekend in Minna, after the meeting of the committee, that they intend to network with other states with inland hydrocarbon basins in the north to forge a common front for quick actions.
They added that the networking with the efforts being made in other inland basins in the north was part of deliberate steps in actualising full exploration of hydrocarbon in the basin.
The commissioner of mineral development in the state, Engr Jibreel Abubakar, and the secretary of the committee, Alhaji Yabagi Sani, jointly told journalists that the committee had decided to liaise with similar efforts in Sokoto, Borno, Bauchi and Benue basins to form inland hydrocarbon basins exploration association in the north.
Alhaji Sani stated that preliminary findings have shown that there is 30 per cent oil and 70 per cent gas deposits in the basin from the source rock.
Sani stated that the source rock have been analysed after two shallow wells have been drilled in Agaie and Kudu in Niger State and expelled, but noted that the committee would have to go further to undertake aero-magnetic geological mapping to be able to track the deposits and geophysical data.
He disclosed that from the geochemistry analysed, the Toxic Content (TOC) using sulphur analyzer showed that the deposit of hydrocarbon on the basin is above 0.5 per cent required in value, invariably making the value of the deposit high in quality.
The secretary of the committee stated that, considering the fact that the federal government is the only level of government that has control over the exploration, the committee would engage the federal government and also organise an international workshop to ensure that investors were encouraged to invest in the exploration process.
He therefore posited that forging a common front with other basins in the north that are all on the same platform would encourage the federal government and other agencies to speed up efforts in the exploration process.
The commissioner of mineral development, who is also a member of the committee, stated that the government was ready to make the dream of the exploration a reality, hence a synergy must be established with the federal government and other necessary agencies.
He stated that, as part of the state government’s commitments, the committee on hydrocarbon deposit development in Bida Basin has to be transformed into a standing committee and the secretariat upgraded to a directorate with the secretary of the committee as the director-general.
Commercial Quantities of Oil and Gas found in Niger State
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Congratulations! The Sharia States of Nigeria now have oil and gas within their Islamic domain. So, the dream of carving out Arewa Republic from Nigeria should now, I suppose, gain much needed momentum. I think they should double up their effort and vigorously pursue that objective until it's brought to fruition. The much-touted Islamic republic, rich and powerful as we shall soon see, will undoubtedly be to West Africa what Saudi Arabia is to the Middle East. And now that they no longer have any cogent reason for latching on to the Niger Delta, I hope they'll finally leave us alone so we could concentrate our energies on cleaning up the 57 years of oil pollution they so mindlessly promoted. They've got all the multimillionaires and billionaires, but we've got environmental racism, poverty, infrastructural decay and a region-wide pile of toxic mess to deal with. It's about time they left the Niger Delta alone, don't you all agree? So, I thank God for blessing the Jihadist North with their own oil and gas deposits. The Middle Belt and Southern Zaria folks shall soon find oil and gas within their region, but if that doesn't happen, the Niger Delta will share its huge deposits with them. Yes, the great Niger Deltans will never forget the various christian minorities living in the predominantly moslem North. The resourceful Igbos have oil in Anambra, the Yorubas have theirs in Ondo, Ilaje, and Lagos. The Hausa-Fulani-Igala-Nupe-Borno-Boko Haram now have theirs in the Bida Basin. Wow! That's great. I heard someone scream, "Nagode Allah!" That's thank you, God in Hausa.
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