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Drill or Lose It: Nigeria’s Oil Regulator Sets October Deadlines for Dormant Block Holders

Drill or Lose It: Nigeria's Oil Regulator Sets October Deadlines for Dormant Block Holders

Drill or Lose It For years, holding an oil block in Nigeria could mean something close to owning a lottery ticket you never had to cash. Companies won acreage, filed it away, and waited, sometimes for two decades, while the barrels underneath stayed exactly where they were. That era is now being formally shut down, … Read more