Small oil-producing companies in Nigeria, facing slumping prices and rising debt, may need to combine to survive, the chief executive officer of one of the companies said.
“We don’t have that much leverage, the rapid drop is unprecedented” for the country’s small producers, Kola Karim, chief executive of officer of Shoreline Natural Resources Ltd., said in a phone interview Wednesday from London. “The reality is there have to be mergers in the industry because it’s difficult in a down market when you’re a small producer trying to weather the storm alone.”
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