The public health implications of the oil discovery in Northern Nigeria

Shuaibu Saidu Musa, Usman Abubakar Haruna, Emery Manirambona, Muktar Musa Shallangwa, Muhammad Rahima Hamid, Garba Mohammed Buwa, Don Eliseo Lucero‐Prisno

2023

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DOI 10.1016/j.cegh.2023.101276
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Abstract

Nigeria's effort to increase its oil production to match the increasing global demand for fossil fuels led the country to expand its oil exploration to the North, and the recent discovery of oil and gas reserves of commercial quantities at Kolmani River II, in Northeastern Nigeria achieved a huge success. The river is located at the boundary between Gombe and Bauchi states. It is estimated that over 1 billion barrels of oil reserves and 500 billion cubic feet of gas were found. There is also huge potential for more deposits as exploration efforts are intensified.