Benin Ships First Crude Cargo for Decades From Revived Oil Field

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Benin has shipped its first crude oil cargo in decades from a revived offshore field, returning the country to the ranks of West African oil exporters. The cargo is bound for Europe, though the field had been dormant since the late 1990s.

Benin has rejoined the ranks of West Africa’s oil-exporting states, with its first crude oil cargo headed to Europe from an offshore field that had been dormant since the late 1990s.