Bloomberg article9 Sep 2019 16:50
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Nigerian Oil Exports at Year’s High as Militancy Recedes: Chart
By Elisha Bala-Gbogbo
9 September 2019, 05:00 BST
Nigeria’s oil exports rose to the highest this year in August even as OPEC seeks to restrict output to stabilize prices. Flows from Africa’s top producer have rebounded strongly from the 2016 lows, driven by an end to militant attacks on oil assets and the coming on stream of the 200,000 barrels a day Egina platform. The West African nation can easily boost production to 2.5 million barrels daily within a year, Mele Kyari, the new head of the state-owned NNPC, said