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  2. Petroleum industry in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Nigeria imports most of its motor spirit, though it is a major oil exporter, and when fuel subsidies were lifted in January 2012, fuel increased from roughly $1.70 per gallon to $3.50. As of 2019, Nigeria produced a form of oil ideal for the United States, had huge reserves, and increased its production to 2.8 million barrels (450,000 m 3) of ...

  3. Oil reserves in Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Although Libya has more reserves, there were 37.2 billion barrels (5.91 × 109 m 3) of proven oil reserves in Nigeria as of 2011, ranking the country as the largest oil producer in Africa and the 11th largest in the world, averaging 2.28 million barrels per day (362 × 103 m 3 /d) in 2006. At current rates this would be 45 years of supply if no ...

  4. Chronology of world oil market events - Wikipedia

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    Marker crude raised to $14.56 per barrel. May: DOE announces $5 per barrel entitlement to importers of heating oil. Saudi Arabia announces intention to increase direct sales and to sell less through Aramco. Both announcements send prices higher. June 1: Phased oil price decontrol begins. Involves gradual 28 month increase of "old" oil price ...

  5. Dangote Refinery - Wikipedia

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    The Dangote Refinery is an oil refinery owned by Dangote Group that was inaugurated on the 22nd of May 2023 in Lekki, Nigeria. When in full operation, it is expected to have the capacity to process about 650,000 barrels per day of crude oil, making it the largest single-train refinery in the world. The investment is over 19 billion US dollars.

  6. 1990–1999 world oil market chronology - Wikipedia

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    CPC plans to begin building a 932-mile (1,500 km) pipeline to transport crude oil from the Caspian region to Russia's Black Sea coast in 1998 and begin shipping around 558 million barrels per day (88,700,000 m 3 /d) of oil in 1999 (planned peak capacity is 1.4 million barrels per day (220,000 m 3 /d)).

  7. OPEC - Wikipedia

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    opec.org. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC, / ˈoʊpɛk / OH-pek) is an organization enabling the co-operation of leading oil-producing countries in order to collectively influence the global oil market and maximize profit. It was founded on 14 September 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members ( Iran, Iraq, Kuwait ...

  8. Ibrahim Babangida - Wikipedia

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    Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida GCFR (born 17 August 1941) is a Nigerian retired general and statesman who served as military president of Nigeria from 1985 until his resignation in 1993. He rose through the ranks to serve from 1984 to 1985 as Chief of Army Staff, going on to orchestrate his seizure of power in a coup d'état against Muhammadu Buhari .

  9. Economy of Nigeria - Wikipedia

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    Figures are inflation-adjusted to 2011 International Geary-Khamis dollars. The economy of Nigeria is a middle-income, mixed economy and emerging market [27] [28] with expanding manufacturing, financial, service, communications, technology, and entertainment sectors. [29] [30] It is ranked as the 39th-largest economy in the world in terms of ...