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Why we won't stop oil exploration in north - NNPC GMD

- NNPC has said it would continue oil exploration in the northern part of the country

- The commission's GMD, Maikanti Baru, noted that oil exploration in the north would continue until the commodity is found

- Baru also said that President Muhammadu Buhari had personally urged the corporation to go back to exploration on the Kolmani River 2 well

Maikanti Baru, the group managing director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), has said that oil exploration in the north would continue until the commodity is found.

The Sun reports that Baru said this would enable the NNPC to do massive appraisal of the discovery of gas reserves made in 1999 in the region.

Legit.ng gathered that the Baru, who was in Kaduna for the 40th edition of the Kaduna International Trade Fair, said the corporation is working on the Kolmani River 2; with optimism and high expectation.

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He said President Muhammadu Buhari had personally urged the corporation to go back to exploration on the Kolmani River 2 well, and that drilling has been going on smoothly.

The GMD said that as at Wednesday morning, April 3, the corporation has dug 10,075 feet deep well with a target to reach 14,270 feet exploration.

“The main purpose of this well is to start some massive appraisal of the discovery that was made way back in 1999 of some gas reserves in Kolmani River 1 and, so far, the drilling has been going on smoothly to enable exploration.

“We will do the needful. If we need to probe any particular section, we will take our time to do it.

“Our target date is to see that by the end of May, we complete exploration on that particular well and move to Kolmani River III, which site is almost ready for the rigs to move there and from there, we move to other locations,” he said.

Earlier, the GMD said that provides an opportunity for stakeholders and long term exhibitors like NNPC to take stock of their participation through the years, with a view to consolidating on areas of strength, while working on avenues for improvements.

Baru said the loss of agriculture to crude oil exploitation has retarded local industries that feed on agricultural produce as feedstock, prominent among which were the textiles industry, as well as tanneries in the north.

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation said that the ex-depot price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as petrol remains N133.28 per litre.

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