Nigeria loses $1b due to closure of Forcados export terminal
By CNBC Africa
10 August 2016 |
2:00 pm
The suspension of oil exports at Nigeria’s Forcados export terminal in the Niger Delta region since mid-February this year has severely impacted on some oil companies and is said to be costing Nigeria over 1 billion dollars.
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