Nigeria has a total of 159 oil fields and 1,481 wells in operation according to the Department of Petroleum Resources. [ 180 ] The most productive region of the nation is the coastal Niger Delta Basin in the Niger Delta or "south-south" region which encompasses 78 of the 159 oil fields.
Are Nigeria’s illegal oil refineries killing people?
"Nigeria’s illegal oil refineries keep killing people". Quartz. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 10 October 2022.