The Nigerian Government has approved the award of a contract to meter 187 crude oil flow stations in the Niger Delta region by the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Heineken Lokpobiri, announced this to reporters in Abuja at the weekend. Although he did not reveal the cost of the contract, he said that the metering was intended to properly account for the country’s oil production and export. Lokpobiri added that the project, aimed at curbing crude oil theft, has a completion timeline of 180 days. “Two days ago, the Federal E…