Cenozoic foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil biostratigraphy of the niger delta / Биостратиграфия кайнозойских фораминифер и известковых наннофоссилий дельты Нигера

The Niger Delta region is attractive to petroleum exploration companies primarily because of its prolific hydrocarbon wealth. Since the first commercial discovery of hydrocarbon from the Oloibiri Field in 1965 by Shell–BP Petroleum Development Company, the Niger Delta region has been an area of intensive oil and gas exploration activity. The vast amount of subsurface material and data accumulated over the past six decades, have hitherto been proprietary to the different operating companies. This book Cenozoic Foraminifera and Calcareous Nannofossil Biostratigraphy of the Niger Delta is the first attempt to harmonize, in a single volume, the biostratigraphic data of the individual companies that operate in the region <...>