After eight months of crude oil exploration on the Upper Benue Trough, this is the first commercially significant oil discovery in Northern Nigeria.
On Tuesday, November 22, 2022, the validation phase of the first integrated oil development project in Northern Nigeria will begin with President Muhammadu Buhari in attendance.
The drilling operations will take place in the Kolmani OPLs 809 and 810 exploration sites, which are situated in a border community between the states of Bauchi and Gombe, according to an NNPC official.
An NNPC official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said: “The President is expected at the site on Tuesday to witness the first drilling of crude in the north, which is going to further boost our production as a nation.”
Recall that Buhari had in February 2019 flagged off the landmark spud-in ceremony of Kolmani River II Well and in October of the same year, the NNCP announced the discovery of crude oil, gas and condensate deposits at the site.
This marks the first oil discovery in commercial quantity in Northern Nigeria after eight months of crude oil exploration on the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin in the North-East.
From the report, the national oil company stated that it acquired 435.54km2 of 3D Seismic Data over Kolmani Prospect in the Upper Benue Trough, Gongola Basin.
