and low in Sulphur. Nigeria's economy and budget have been largely supported from income and revenues generated from the petroleum industry since 1960...

The Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited is a state oil company in Nigeria. Formerly a fully-owned government company, it was transformed...

Ministry of Petroleum Resources is a part of the Federal Ministries of Nigeria that directs petroleum resources and its activities in Nigeria. The President...

operational activities in the petroleum industry. The department became the MPR in 1975. In 1977, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) was...

a British protectorate in the Oil Rivers area of present-day Nigeria, originally established as the Oil Rivers Protectorate in 1884 and confirmed at the...

abuses. Nigeria, after nearly four decades of oil production, had by the early 1980s become almost completely economically dependent on petroleum extraction...

room to further grow its hydrocarbons industry. However, Nigeria is also a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and is frequently...

The environmental impact of the petroleum industry is extensive and expansive due to petroleum having many uses. Crude oil and natural gas are primary...

violence in the area is frequent due to fighting spilling over from nearby Nigeria. Economy of Chad Mining industry of Chad Petroleum industry in Niger Idriss...

in petroleum pipelines, and billions of dollars worth of product are stolen annually.[citation needed] Targets are the petroleum industry in Nigeria,...