The joint venture is composed of NNPC (55 percent), Shell (30 percent), Elf (10 percent) and Agip (5 percent) and operates largely onshore on dry land or in the mangrove swamp.

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But Deering wanted the house near the bay, and the team put the villa in a mangrove swamp right on the water.

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