List Of Oil Producing States In Nigeria And NDDC Facts You Must Know

1, Akwa-Ibom: Akwa-Ibom ranks as the top crude oil producing states in Nigeria with
production going on in upto 8 different local government Areas in the state.
2, Rivers: Initially Rivers state was the major oil producing states in the country, with two refineries in Port Harcourt and large crude oil reserve.
3, Delta: Delta ranks third in the list of oil producing states in Nigeria.
4, Bayelsa: Bayelsa is the state where crude oil was first discovered in commercial quantity in Nigeria
5, Cross River
6, Imo
7, Abia
8, Anambra
9, Ondo: Ondo States serve has the only state from south west that produces oil in commercial quantity.

 The 9 states makes up the The Niger Delta region as defined by the 2000 law that set up the Niger Delta
Development Commission {NDDC} for only oil producing states. this is against
the popular opinion of majority thinking NDDC correlates to the geo political Niger Delta which comprises of six states {Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta and Edo}

Thats it for the List Of Oil Producing States In Nigeria and NDDC Facts You Must Know.
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