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Survey of Energy Resources 2007

Natural Bitumen and Extra-Heavy Oil Country Notes

Nigeria

Natural bitumen in place, possibly totaling as much as 38 billion barrels, is located in southwestern Nigeria, in the Ghana Basin. This extensive deposit has not yet been evaluated as a source of synthetic oil and its production will no doubt be delayed as long as Nigeria is a leading producer of conventional oil.