Oil In Nigeria. How oil was found. Onyeador, Land Officer. First African employed to Senior Staff in Shell-BP. The discovery of oil in Nigeria has marked the beginning of a new and vital era in the development of the country. It has opened up vast economic vistas, paths to prosperity along which all may one day tread. The search has been a long and costly one. It has demanded enterprise and capital, daring and foresight. These have not been lacking, and from swamp and jungle the liquid gold that is oil now spurts triumphantly forth. Shell-BP began search for the oil in Nigeria in 1937.
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Title: Drum Magazine social history photographs, Nigeria edition 460 Description: Oil In Nigeria. How oil was found. Onyeador, Land Officer. First African employed to Senior Staff in Shell-BP. The discovery of oil in Nigeria has marked the beginning of a new and vital era in the development of the country. It has opened up vast economic vistas, paths to prosperity along which all may one day tread. The search has been a long and costly one. It has demanded enterprise and capital, daring and foresight. These have not been lacking, and from swamp and jungle the liquid gold that is oil now spurts triumphantly forth. Shell-BP began search for the oil in Nigeria in 1937. Country: Nigeria Date Created: 07-1960 Creator: Drum Social Histories Credit Notice: Drum Magazine photographer / Drum Social Histories / Bailey's African History Archive / african.pictures Keywords: