OpeOluwani Akintayo
Lagos — The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has begun exploring for oil and gas in Wase and Kanam Local Government Areas of Plateau State.
Group Managing Director of the NNPC, Mele Kyari through the Group General Manager, Frontiers Exploration Services, Abdullahi Bomai, said on Saturday, that Wase and Kanam which are parts of the Upper and Middle Benue Trough have oil and gas prospects.
According to him, the NNPC has acquired and used modern equipment which has resulted in the identification of hydrocarbons in the Upper and Middle Benue Trough, adding that the NNPC has identified additional oil and gas province known as the Kolmani discovery in addition to those of the Niger-Delta as well as increase the worth of the Benue Trough with a billion barrels of oil reserves among others.