Le samedi dernier, la Nigerienne du Pétrole (SONIDEP), a national company, has launched its first exploration and exploitation operations in the country's eastern desert.

The Prime Minister of Niger, Ali Mahaman Lamine Zeine announced during a ceremony in Haïdara, in the Diffa region (south-east), a thousand kilometers from Niamey, that the hydrocarbon company SONIDEP is officially starting its upstream activities in the south-east of France, a thousand kilometers from Niamey. Trolier as a national operator on June 22, 2024. Customs colonel Ali Seibou Hassane announced that “Niger has decided to produce its own oil to ensure its economic sovereignty” and “maximize the benefits for the benefit of our