Petroleum industry in Nigeria Brass River, Forcados, and Pennington Anfan. As recently as 2010, Nigeria provided about 10% of overall U.S. oil imports and ranked as the fifth-largest source for oil imports in the U.S. However, Nigeria ceased exports to the US in July 2014 because of the impact of shale production in America; India is now the largest consumer of Nigerian oil. There are six petroleum exportation terminals in the country. Shell owns two, while Mobil, Chevron, Texaco, and Agip own one each. Shell also owns the Forcados Terminal, which is capable of storing of crude oil in conjunction with the nearby Bonny
Kingdom of Bonny the island on which the town of Bonny is sited was full of curlews, and some of the first settlers therefore called it 'Okoloama', meaning 'curlew town' (the town or land of curlews). This name is still used traditionally. The hereditary king, who had the title "Amanyanabo", originated from the patriarchs (founding fathers) and aboriginal (premier) kings (monarchs) of Bonny kingdom, who are the God-given owners of the kingdom and its lands and territories and other God-given inalienable resources. Thus, the first four kings and blood-relatives are founding fathers of the kingdom. These are namely Kings Ndoli, Opuamakuba, Alagbariya (Founder