4 0 , ▁with ▁its ▁partner ▁St arc rest ▁Energy ▁Niger ia ▁Limited , ▁from ▁the ▁Sh ell ▁Group . ▁They ▁intend ▁to ▁recomm ission ▁the ▁existing ▁infrastr ucture ▁and ▁restart ▁existing ▁well s ▁to ▁re - comm ence ▁production ▁at ▁an ▁initial ▁gross ▁rate ▁of ▁ ▁of ▁oil ▁per ▁day ▁with ▁a ▁target ▁to ▁grow ▁gross ▁production ▁to ▁ ▁of ▁oil ▁per ▁day ▁within ▁four ▁years . ▁ ▁O il ▁re venue ▁deriv ation ▁O il ▁re venue ▁allocation ▁has ▁been ▁the ▁subject ▁of ▁much ▁cont ention ▁well ▁before ▁Niger ia ▁gained ▁its ▁independence . ▁Al loc ations ▁have ▁varied ▁from ▁as ▁much ▁as ▁ 5 0 %, ▁ow ing ▁to ▁the ▁First ▁Republic ' s ▁high ▁degree ▁of ▁regional ▁aut onomy , ▁and ▁as ▁low ▁as ▁ 1 0 % ▁during ▁the ▁military ▁dict ator ships . ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁table ▁below . ▁ ▁* ▁State ▁alloc ations ▁are ▁based ▁on ▁ 5 ▁criteria : ▁equality ▁( equal ▁shares ▁per ▁state ), ▁population , ▁social ▁development , ▁land ▁mass , ▁and ▁re venue ▁generation . ▁▁ ▁** The ▁deriv ation ▁formula ▁refers ▁to ▁the ▁percentage ▁of ▁the ▁re venue ▁oil - produ cing ▁states ▁retain ▁from ▁tax es ▁on ▁oil ▁and ▁other ▁natural ▁resources ▁produced ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁World ▁Bank ▁Report ▁ ▁Media ▁The ▁document ary ▁film ▁S weet ▁Cru de , ▁which ▁premier ed ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 9 ▁at ▁the ▁Full ▁Frame ▁Document ary ▁Film ▁Festival , ▁tells ▁the ▁story ▁of ▁Niger ia ' s ▁Niger ▁D