
Following the rally in global crude oil prices, Nigeria has recorded a significant increase in oil export revenue as the country earned an estimated $26bn in the first seven months of this year. The country saw its oil export revenue rise by 30 per cent to $34bn in 2017 from $26bn in 2016, according to the new OPEC Revenues Fact Sheet released by the Energy Information Administration on Tuesday.Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer, had the sixth biggest revenue in the 15-member Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, and the lowest per capital oil revenue last year.
Source: Punchng.com