NigeriaÂ鶹´«Ã½Ó³»™s government is attempting to reform the oil sector to clamp down on widespread fraud but faces opposition from vested interests in the executive, the oil ministry and the national assembly.
BP has received permission from the US Government to begin exporting crude oil produced by hydraulic fracturing to Canada.
The Russian energy giant will be constructing a pipeline from the port of Beira in Mozambique, which will carry oil to Zambia, Malawi and Botswana.