Chevron Nigeria Limited (CNL) da kamfanin mai na kasa, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), sun bayyana cewa sun gano sabon filin man a yankin Niger Delta. Gano wannan ya faru ne ta hanyar burin Meji NW-1 a cikin Petroleum Mining Lease 49, wanda yake a yankin shallow offshore na Western Niger Delta.
Wakilin Chevron ya bayyana cewa burin ya Meji NW-1 ta kai zurfin 8,983 feet kuma ta hadu da 690 feet na hydrocarbons a cikin Miocene sands, wanda ya faɗaɗa filin Meji da ke samarwa. Aikin burin ya ƙare a ranar 2 ga Oktoba, in ji Chevron.
Chevron tana aiki a PML 49 tare da NNPC a matsayin haÉ—in gwiwa, inda Chevron ke da 40% na hissa a cikin block din, yayin da NNPC ke da sauran hissa. Filin din ya riga ya kasance ana kiransa da OML 90 amma an canza shi zuwa PML 49 a kan sabon Petroleum Industry Act na 2021.
Bayanai daga S&P Global Commodity Insights ya nuna cewa samarwar daga filin Meji ya kai kololuwa a shekarar 2005 da 51,000 barrels kowanne rana, amma yanzu ta fadi zuwa kusan 17,000 barrels of oil equivalent kowanne rana, mafi yawan su man fetur ne.
Gano a kan lasisin ya fara a shekarar 1965, sannan samarwa ya fara shekaru hudu bayan haka. Chevron ba ta bayyana hanyar samarwa ko lokacin da za a fara samarwa daga sabon filin ba.
Gano wannan ya zo a lokacin da Nijeriya ke fuskantar matsaloli a fannin mai, inda samarwar mai ta Nijeriya ta fadi saboda manyan abubuwa kamar sata, sata, da tsohuwar infrastrutura. Chevron ta tabbatar da alakarta da fannin mai na Nijeriya, inda ta samu yabo daga gwamnatin Nijeriya da shugaban NNPC, Mele Kyari.
Wannan gano ya zama abin farin ciki ga hukumomin Nijeriya, kuma ya nuna bambanci da abokan hamayyar Chevron, waÉ—anda suke barin yankin Niger Delta don neman damarai a yankunan ruwan zurfi na Nijeriya, yankunan da ba su da haÉ—ari, da sauran yankunan kamar Namibia da Guyana.
