Nigeria begins drilling in first oil fields in northeast region

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Nigeria begins drilling in first oil fields in northeast region

STORY: Nigeria begins drilling in first oil fields in northeast region DATELINE: Nov. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:02:52 LOCATION: Abuja CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of President Muhammadu Buhari and officials at the flag-off site of the Kolmani Integrated Development Project 2. various of the drilling site 3. various of officials and stakeholders present 4. SOUNDBITE (English): MUHAMMADU BUHARI, Nigerian President STORYLINE: Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated Kolmani Integrated Development Project to drill oil and gas in the northeastern part of the country. Speaking at the project's flag-off ceremony in the northeastern state of Bauchi, Buhari said that the Nigerian Kolmani Oil Prospecting Lease (OPL) 809 and 810, located along the border of the Bauchi and Gombe states, has become the first oil drilling fields in northeastern Nigeria after crude was discovered in commercial quantity in that part of the country two years ago. Over 1 billion barrels of oil reserves and 500

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