The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has announced the discovery of crude oil and gas in the Kolmani River II, a site near Barambu, a village in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
It would be recalled that the oil exploration in the Chad Basin began in 1974 and continued in 1996 to 2000 when gas was discovered in non-commercial quantity. The activities resumed in 2014, but stopped due to insecurity in the North-East.
In 2016, NNPC and a Chinese company, Bureau for Geophysical Corporation began the drilling of oil wells at the Kolmani and other areas in the state.
Disclosing the discovery, NNPC disclosed that the commercial viability of the discovery coming from drilling of a total depth of 13,701 feet before hitting oil and gas in several levels is yet to be ascertained.
The group in a statement added that a Drill Stem Test (DST) is currently on-going to confirm the commercial viability and flow of the Kolmani River reservoirs.
