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Nigeria's oil sector enjoys peace, stability: official

Xinhua, May 2, 2017 Adjust font size:

Nigeria has recorded 2 million barrels of crude oil production, following the peace and stability being enjoyed in the nation's oil and gas sector, a top official said on Tuesday.

Maikati Baru, Group Managing Director of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) disclosed this to reporters in Abuja, the nation's capital, after a closed door meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the activities of the corporation and its subsidiaries.

Baru said he briefed the Buhari on the relative stability in the nation's oil and gas sector in recent time.

The NNPC boss told reporters that he informed the president on the situation of fuel supply across the country, crude oil and gas productions as well as the corporation's ability to supply gas to the power sector. He said the president expressed delight over the reported stability in the oil and gas sector. Endit