Chevron Nigeria Limited, wani reshen na Chevron Corporation, ta sanar da gano sabon filin man da ke da kimanin 17,000 barrels of oil a kowanne.
Ganowar ta faru a lokacin da kamfanonin mai na kasa da kasa ke yunƙurin saka zaben saka hannun jari daga cikin ƙasa zuwa waje.
Daga wani rahoto da S&P Global Commodity ya wallafa a ranar Juma’a, “near-field discovery” an samu ta hanyar Meji NW-1 spud a Petroleum Mining Lease 49.
Blok din yana cikin yankin shallow offshore na Western Niger Delta. An kuma bayyana cewa spud ya kai zurfin 8,983 feet kuma ta hadu da 690 feet na hydrocarbons a cikin Miocene sands, sannan aikin rufewa an kammala a farkon watan.
Rahoton ya ce, “Wannan nasarar tana da kama da nufin Chevron Nigeria Limited na ci gaba da haɓaka da haɓaka albarkatun Nijeriya, gami da yankunan cikin ƙasa da ruwan rufi.”
Ganowar ta zo a lokacin da Nijeriya ke fuskantar matsaloli a fannin mai. Samar da mai na ƙasar ya yi raguwa a shekarun da suka gabata saboda dalilai da dama, ciki har da lalata, sata, da tsufa tsufar kayan aiki.
Bayanan da S&P Global Commodity Insights suka nuna sun nuna Chevron tana da kashi 40% a cikin Oil Mining License 49 tare da NNPC a haɗin gwiwa.
Samar da filin Meji ya kai kololuwa a 51,000 bpd a shekarar 2005, amma ta ragu zuwa kimanin 17,000 boepd, mafi yawan su man fetur.
Ganowar na farko an yi su a lasisin a shekarar 1965, sannan samar da man ya fara shekaru huɗu bayan haka.
Sabon filin mai zai taimaka wajen kwantar da raguwar samar da mai na ƙasar Nijeriya, kuma zai ƙirƙiri ayyukan yi da kuma samar da kudaden shiga ga al’ummomin yankin.
