Buhari set to flag-off third oil field in the North

President Muhammadu Buhari would on Wednesday officially open the third oil field in Northern Nigeria.

This was said in a statement released to the public by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited.

The oil field is situated near Ebenyi, the administrative center of the Nasaraw State’s Obi Local Government Area.

Tuesday, March 28, 2023, is the scheduled day for the flagging-off..

It is the second oil field in the North Central region; the first was the Ibaji Oil field in Kogi state.

In the history of Nigeria’s exploration, the Ebenyi Oil field is the third in Northern Nigeria; the first was Kolomani, located in the Bauchi/Gombe axis.

15 January 1956 was the first time Nigeria discovered crude oil in commercial quantity in Oloibiri, a community in the Niger Delta region