Nigeria has approved the sale of Exxon Mobil Corp's onshore assets to Seplat Energy , the chief executive officer of the country's upstream regulator said on Monday, more than two years after the $1.28 billion deal was first agreed.

Nigeria approved Exxon Mobil Corp.’s sale of its oil and gas assets to domestic energy supplier Seplat Energy Plc, ending a more than two-year hiatus that stalled the conclusion of the $1.3 billion transaction.

Exxon Mobil Corporation XOM, the largest oil producer in the United States, has secured approval from Nigeria to sell its onshore oil and gas assets to Seplat Energy Plc, a domestic energy company. This decision ends a more than two-year delay in the $1.