Nigerian Court Returns Richest Oil Block to Multinational Firms

An Abuja court has reversed its previous ruling which retrieved the control of one of Nigeria's richest oil blocks, OPL 245, from Shell and ENI.  OPL 245 is considered the largest oil block in Africa with over 9 billion barrels of crude.

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