The search for oil in Nigeria started about 1908 when the Nigerian Bitumen Co. & British Colonial Petroleum commenced operations around Okitipupa which was truncated because of the first world war. Thereafter D’Arcy Exploration Company and Whitehall Petroleum attempted some exploration works but due to lack of commercial discovery, both companies surrendered their licences in 1923.

Marginal fields as classified in Nigeria prior to the PIA in 2021, are fields with one or two oil or gas wells discovered by International Oil Companies, (IOCs), but not commercially viable based on their portfolio ranking. These wells are usually discovered in the course of exploring larger acreages and, and because of the size,

The 1,047 MW gas fired Combined Cycle Gas Turbine (CCGT) Alaoji Power station project located near Aba, was developed by Niger Delta Power Holding. There is a gas transmission pipeline system for the 1,074-Megawatt, MW, combined cycle power plant. The pipeline and process facilities are all operational currently at Aba and Owaza. The Plant is