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Nigeria earns N1.36trn from crude oil in 2 months

Vanguard Online Edition: "A TOTAL of $11.707 billion (about N1.369 trillion based on exchange rate of N117 to the US dollar) accrued to Nigeria from crude oil exports between December 2007 and the end of January 2008.
Also last month, the 13-member Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) pumped an average 32.25 million barrels per day (mb/d) of crude oil, a 220,000 b/d increase from December’s rate of 32.03 million b/d, a Platts survey of OPEC and oil industry officials has confirmed.
In December 2007, Nigeria exported 2.2 million barrels of crude oil per day, amounting to 68.2 million barrels sold at $87.19 per barrel for delivery to consumers within the period under review."

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