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Today, Nigeria renewed three shallow water oil licences jointly operated with ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) , granting the U.S. energy firm leases of a further 20 years with the option to renew again. "Today we have reached an agreement on the terms of new leases that will go on for a further 20 years with an option to renew," Minister of State for Petroleum Odein Ajumogobia told reporters in the capital Abuja. Western oil firms including Exxon, Royal Dutch Shell and Chevron (NYSE: CVX) operate in Nigeria via joint ventures with state oil firm NNPC. The three licences (OML 67, 68 and 70)…