BEVERLY HILLS, March 21, (THEWILL) – Crude oil deposits have been found in Bida basin in Niger state, subject to confirmation by the appropriate authorities.
This was disclosed by Nuhu Obaje, a Professor and Director of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babaginda University Research Centre, Lapai, who said the centre has informed the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and the Niger state government about its finding.
Obaje, who made the disclosure at the exhibition of raw materials and local products in the Manufacturing and Equipment EXPO Nigeria 2017, in Lagos, also said his centre has introduced a technology for quick crude oil discovery and drilling.
“We have a technology that finds oil faster. We found crude oil at Bida Basin and we used our technology to locate more areas,” he said.
“We have communicated it to Nigerian National Petroleum Company and the state government.
“They will use our research and produce oil faster and in abundance. Already, the Niger state governor, Bello Sani, has written to the presidency.
“We are aware that they have acted on it. The ball is in the NNPC’s court because we are waiting for them.”
“We have moved to another level of application, innovation and domestication. We are here to demonstrate the research we have been doing over the years.
“We have developed a new technology of using clean coal for electricity generation, smokeless fuel production and power generation.
“We are using clean coals to stop the generation of fumes that are dangerous, so that people can use it without it being injurious to their health.
“Ordinarily, coal emits greenhouse gases that negatively affect the climate but at IBB University Research Centre, we have had that dangerous part of the coals removed.
“We are hoping that solid minerals and agriculture will complement crude oil as we are keying into the Federal Government’s policy of diversification.”
