Nigeria, July 16 -- Title: PL 245: Inside Story of the $1.3 bn Nigerian Oil Block. Author: Mohammed Bello Adoke, O Publisher: The Conrad Press, 2025, Pages: 271 pp.

OPL 245 is probably the most well-known oil block to be awarded by the Nigerian government more for the legal disputes and international arbitrations, with regard to its acquisition and ownership involving the Federal Government of Nigeria, Shell and Malabu Oil as well as a large cast of actors across courts in Nigeria, United States, United Kingdom and. Italy. Whereas OPL 245, a versatile, deep water offshore asset off the Niger Delta was one of other similar licenses awarded to encourage indigenous participation in Nigeria's oil and gas sector, it is caught in a complex web...