Research Trends in Oil and Gas Research on Google Scholar Database

Abstract

The study aims at knowing the research trend of oil and gas research in Nigeria on the Google scholar database.it is guided by three research questions and three objectives.Findings of the study reveal that there are 19 review articles from 2000-2023 and these 19 review articles have 40 keywords to their abstracts,there are on 15 universities who partook in oil and gas research so far.It was also recommended that a qualitative study be undertaken to know the reason for a very low level of participation of univerities in oil and gas research in Nigeria.