Nigeria demands $2bn oil arrears

2 billion dollars is a lot of money right? ...as Oil tops $130 a barrel


President Umaru Yar'Adua has ordered Nigeria's state-run oil company to demand nearly $2bn in arrears from two major oil companies.

The government say Royal Dutch Shell and ExxonMobil have not paid taxes and production sharing costs they owe on two offshore oil fields

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