Spreading The Word!

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what an extortion

Its hard to believe that a country blessed with such a huge Natural resources could look so untidy , Enough blames on the oil companies , turn arround to the leaders of NIGERIA they are looting what belong to the Masses to enriching themselves and their fourth generations to come . to me its a good thing that the Militants has finally accepted dialougue , at last restiveness in Niger Delta will come to an end now ,But if only the Govt keeps their words. .Happy New Dawn to the Niger Deltans like

NIGERIA - JUST ANOTHER FAILED STATE, AFRICAN STYLE!

Nigeria was part of the British Empire, but when the British left, of course they went into Communism, so hence the way they have ended up. Just another failed state. All through Africa, white people were murdered, so the White Families went back to England or to Australia. It is time that they stood on their own two feet and turned their country around without making their way to England or to Australia, carrying hate with them. I saw District 9 set in Jo'burg, nothing changes!

Oil Companies and thier Protection from the Un security council

I come from Sudan, most of you know about Darfur but i bet you havent heard of the 20 years of Civil oil wars, off-course Shevron was the catalyst, An American Multi national, they gave money to the Northern Govt and they used the money to try to kill off any southner who would stand in the way of the oil rigs, people suffer, some benifit, some don't care, Oil companies go unpunished and all is forgoten, Ohh well i gues in the end of the day Cars will allways be the catalist in Oil Wars.

Re Oil Companies

Hi, I have no doubt whatsoever that it is not only Shell. However, my understanding is that they are the biggest in the region? Regarding the destruction, have no doubt whatsoever that it is widespread - from the program that I saw last night & from some research. However, shouldn't one of the biggest companies (Shell) lead the way in cleaning up their operations & the destruction in the Niger Delta? V, out of interest, do you work for one of the big oil companies in the Niger Delta?

One last comment

4. WRT the comments re Shell within the Nigeria delta there are several oil companies operating here in this region and all are responsible for cleaning up this region. Some oil companies have LPG plants to reduce the burn off from the gas, Shell being one of them. Yes it is wrong to vent but this practice goes on globally in many ther oil rich regions.

A few more points

3. Several well head s have been sabbotaged in the delta. Jones creek has been burning for two months and the oil trail can be seen for miles. The environmental destruction and effect on local peoples livelihood is vastly greater than the small spontaneous leaks from well heads. Nearby another well head has been sabbotaged and has been pumping gas and oil into the river. This will take years or generations to repair.

A few addtional points

1. The Nigerian Government (NNPC) sells the oils to all the international buyers (not the oil companies) and then pay the oil companies approx $30 per barrel and the rest is kept by the Nigerian Govnerment. Of the $30 that the oil company gets they pay 60% of the profits back to NNPC with the remaining 40% the companies ay all expenses for staff and locals staff . 2. The govenors of this state (Niger River State) cream off most of the proceeds before thay get to the local communities.