Nigeria Wins Back Africa's Largest Oil Block

The government has won back ownership of OPL 245 which is considered the largest oil block in Africa with over 9 billion barrels of crude. Two oil giants paid about U.S.$1.1 billion into a Nigerian government account in London to take control of the oil block in 2011.

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