Petrobras, Brazil's state-run oil company, got the green light from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, Nigeria's state-owned oil company, to develop the Apko oilfield in the African country.PETROBRAS, Brazil's state-run oil company, got the green light from Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) , sometimes known as the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, is the state oil corporation through which the federal government of Nigeria regulates and participates in the country's petroleum industry. , Nigeria's state-owned state-owned adj → estatal, del estado state-owned adj → étatisé(e) state-owned state adj → oil company, to develop the Apko oilfield in the African country. Petrobras will work in partnership with Total, a French oil company, which operates the basin. Apko is Petrobras' second oil discovery in Nigeria Nigeria (nījĭr`ēə), officially Federal Republic of Nigeria, republic (2006 provisional pop. 140,003,542), 356,667 sq mi (923,768 sq km), W Africa. . |
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