Energy and sustainable development in Nigeria: the way forward

Table 1 Nigeria's energy reserves/capacity as in December 2005

Resource type	Reserves	Reserves (BTOE)^c	Reserves (× 10⁷) TJ
Crude oil	36.2 billion barrels	4.896	20.499
Natural gas	166 trillion SCF^a	4.465	18.694
Coal and lignite	2.7 billion tonnes	1.882	7.879
Tar sands	31 billion barrels of oil equivalent	4.216	17.652
Subtotal Fossil		15.459	64.724
Hydropower, large Scale	11,000 MW		0.0341/year
Hydropower, small Scale	3,250 MW		0.0101/year
Fuel wood	13,071,464 ha^b
Animal waste	61 million tonnes/year
Crop residue	83 million tonnes/year
Solar radiation	3.5 to 7.0 kW h/m²/day
Wind	2 to4 m/s (annual average) at 10 m in height

^aSCF, standard cubic feet; ^bforest land estimate for 1981; ^cBTOE, billion tonnes of oil equivalent. Adapted from ECN[18].

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