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Nigeria's State oil company seeks $4.1bn to lift output

21st January 2019

By: Bloomberg

  

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Nigeria’s State-owned oil company said it’s in talks with financiers to raise as much as $4.1-billion and will seek to sign service deals to increase production from three leases.

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, or NNPC, is in discussions with Lagos-based Sterling Oil Exploration & Energy Production to raise $3.15-billion and CMES-OMS Joint Venture for $991.1-million, the company said in a statement. The funds will be used to develop oil leases holding more than 400-million barrels of crude reserves, which are operated by the NNPC’s Nigerian Petroleum Development unit, it said.

Nigeria pumps about 1.78-million barrels of oil a day while the State oil company’s exploration and production unit averages about 240 000 barrels per day. It wants to more than double daily output to 500 000 barrels and boost daily gas production to 1.5-billion standard cubic feet by next year.

The NNPC has paid $993.7-million of outstanding cash contributions by September to joint venture partners including Royal Dutch Shell, Total and Eni, it said in the statement. The company still owes $3.95-billion in arrears.

Last year, the NNPC signed financing agreements worth $2.3-billion with joint venture partners and other third parties, it said. It has also agreed to fund gas projects with Nigeria LNG, Africa’s biggest gas liquefier, for $2-billion, the company said.

Edited by Bloomberg

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