Crude Oil Case Study

Superior Essays
Show More
policemen were commanded by an ethnic Yoruba officer (Major Okuntimo), who couple of months prior had headed a group of a joint task force of military and paramilitary policemen that ousted the rebellious youths from their home base. The then President, Olusegun Obasanjo an ethnic Yoruba himself reacted to the killings by requesting that Bayelsa State Governor, should produce the perpetrators within a fourteen days span for indictment and possibly prosecution. The president further decreed that he was going to use his executive powers and declare a state of emergency in Bayelsa state if the culprits were not handed over by the state governor. As the governor could not live up to the president’s request to capture the Ijaw militants, the …show more content…
Crude oil is one of the significant resources on the planet and it stands for over 41% of the world’s source of energy. Crude oil is without a doubt the most convenient energy resource due to its accessibility and value. Crude oil exploration started around 1908 in Nigeria by the Bitumen Corporations of Germany and they first explored for crude oil in the present day Ondo state in south western Nigeria (Azaiki, 2003). Bitumen Corporations crude oil activities ceased as the First World War commenced in 1914 due to the hostilities between Great Britain and Germany and even worse as Germany lost the war too. After the First and second world wars , crude oil activities halted for the most part until 1953 when shell D`Arcy surfaced under the flags of Great Britain and the Netherlands. Initially, shell D`Arcy commenced crude oil activities in the Eastern region of Nigeria and is one of the biggest oil producing companies today in the Niger Delta though with a different name shell petroleum Development Company of Nigeria …show more content…
According to Ibaba (2001: 25), the development in oil production and export enhanced the Nigerian economy through the benefits from crude oil export and had a total of confirmed 20 billion barrels oil reserve which could be enhanced to 30 billion barrels with more exploration and future development (Ibid). On the other hand, it’s very important to note that with the increase in oil production activities in the Niger Delta haven’t come without its downsides. The downsides have resulted in ecological and environmental run down in the oil host communities and elsewhere in the region, this will be examined now.

IMPACT OF CRUDE OIL PRODUCTION ON ENVIRONMENT ON HOST COMMUNITIES:
Crude oil pollution refers to the release of raw oil wastes with its synergistic substances into the earth and atmosphere in massive quantity that may be too immense for natural process to disperse in a reasonable time and cause major harm to the particular eco- system. Crude oil pollution transpires through two key sources; (A) is through oil spillage and (B) through gas flaring. Gas flaring refers to the process where burning of gas in order to produce crude oil and this procedure has devastating effect due to its effects to the atmosphere (Watts,

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Case Study
    • 258 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Case Study

    The Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill was a tragic mishap on BP’s behalf, killing several rig workers and having many other outreaching effects. The amount of crude oil that was spilled into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of approximately three months was 4.9 million barrels of oil and to go along with that, 2 million gallons of chemical dispersants to the Gulf. A major group of crude oil, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) was discovered along the northern shorelines of the Gulf of Mexico. PAH effected several species of wildlife including Dolphins, the Tundra Peregrine Falcon, and shrimp. PAH or polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, concentration levels in May 2010 were higher than in May 2011, a mere five times higher, which indicates…

    • 258 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    Puget Sound War Research Paper
    • 521 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Puget Sound War Research Paper

    Puget Sound War The Puget Sound War was from 1855-1856. This essay explains how an important treaty was broken and how that started the war. It also talks about how the war dragged on for an entire year, mainly because of the white people.…

    • 521 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    The Oil Boom In Oklahoma
    • 702 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Oil Boom In Oklahoma

    The influx of population led to Oklahoma Territory to join with Indian Territory to become a State in 1907. It is in this climate of hopeful settlers and subdued Indian tribes that the Oil Boom would occur. Although some students will have gaps in the basic knowledge of Oklahoma history, it is important to give a broad review of key aspects of the beginning of the rise of oil and natural gas of the 20th and 21st century. This is to include the rise in the demand of oil during World War I and increasing exploration in the supply of oil and natural gas throughout Oklahoma. Additionally, oil and natural gas are the biggest industry in Oklahoma, which includes the refinement and production of petroleum products that are not just gasoline or diesel fuel.…

    • 702 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Decent Essays

    Alberta Oil Sands Research Paper
    • 359 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Alberta Oil Sands Research Paper

    The Alberta oil sands are one of Canada’s largest sources of oil and may be the biggest petroleum deposit anywhere in the world. But the oil sands industry has a lot of environmental impacts. The oil sands are one of the major causes of air pollution in Canada and North America. A sticky mixture called Bitumen (which is also known as tar) doesn’t flow easily like petroleum or crude oil so companies have to resort to surface mining (strip or open pit mining) which is bad for the environment because it removes landscapes, agricultural lands and destroys forests which leads erosion and then when it rains it washes the topsoil into streams which pollutes the water. Another method is injecting steam to get it out of the Earth.…

    • 359 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
    Read More
  • Decent Essays

    Who Is Marion King Hubbert And Why Is It So Important?
    • 217 Words
    • 1 Pages

    Who Is Marion King Hubbert And Why Is It So Important?

    Marion King Hubbert was a geophysicist who worked for the oil company Shell, in Houston, Texas. In 1956, he presented research at the American Petroleum Institute, indicating that US oil production would peak between 1965 to 1970 and then begin to decline. His proposal was met with much criticism ... until in 1970 Hubbert became famous, because actually this year oil production is projected down irretrievably . In addition, Hubbert made a prediction much deeper , regarding a decline in world oil production in the medium term (40 years ago), using a fairly reasonable method.…

    • 217 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    Max Roser's Contribution To Ocean Pollution
    • 1557 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Max Roser's Contribution To Ocean Pollution

    Water is everywhere, in the air and overall Earth. About 71 percent of the Earth's surface is covered with water but the ocean holds about 96.5 percent of all Earth’s water. Because the ocean is big, a great variety of marine life are being heavily affected by different sources that harm their habitat. In 2016, numerous dead whales have been washed up on shore in different parts of the world. More than 20 whales died on Mexico’s Gulf of California coast.…

    • 1557 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    Drilling In Arctic
    • 609 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Drilling In Arctic

    The cost of energy has been a difficult cost for agencies to manage. Consumers have demanded that costs remain manageable because the cost of energy, especially fuel, will affect all avenues of life. High costs of fuel will not only mean that the cost of transportation in the private sector will be harder to manage, but also the cost of food, clothing and any type of merchandise that requires transportation for the consumer. Drilling for oil in the Arctic is one solution to the high cost of fuel. It will lower cost and it will increase the revenues of industrialists and create jobs, but without the proper regulations, it has the high probability to create many issues within the environment in the Arctic.…

    • 609 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Superior Essays

    Ba Ath Party History
    • 1737 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Ba Ath Party History

    Drilling successfully into a creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania in 1859, George Bissell and Edwin L. Drake had miraculously unearthed the now indispensable substance known as petroleum, opening the gates to a world never seen before. Ever since that date, oil has been in the vanguard of innovation, powering homes, cars and asserting itself as the chief resource that helps countries function. At a torrid pace, oil mining was becoming not only lucrative, but a necessity, and thus began a global race and struggle for control over such a critical asset. Many places across the globe have discovered petroleum, but none to the extent of the Middle East, a region nowadays synonymous throughout the Western world with a volatile political climate and…

    • 1737 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
    Read More
  • Great Essays

    Oil Sands
    • 1704 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Oil Sands

    The oil sands have been one of Canada’s most vital process of operations to achieve economic stability since 1978 with the foundation of Syncrude and the establishment of the largest oil processing mine of any type in the entire world. Another mine was also developed by Syncrude in the Athabasca Oil Sands and began operations in 2003 however was later bought out by Marathon Oil Corporation in 2007. Another $33 million project was also being developed in in Fort Hills by Petro Canada but lost momentum after the Petro Canada into Suncor merger. By 2013 there were nine oil sands projects in the Athabasca Oil Sands which had produced 52 million cubic meters of Bitumen (a combination of sand, clay and water, it is extremely dense and must be processed…

    • 1704 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Great Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    Occidental Petroleum Essay
    • 1364 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Occidental Petroleum Essay

    Occidental Petroleum Corporation (Oxy) is an American multinational oil and gas investigation and generation organization with operations in the United States, the Middle East, and Latin America. Headquartered in Houston, Texas,[5] it is one of the biggest American oil and gas organizations in light of 2015 year-end advertise capitalization. Regularly truncated as "Oxy", in reference to its ticker image, the organization is positioned on the Forbes Global 2000 and Fortune 500 rundown. In 2015, it was the sixteenth biggest gas maker and third biggest oil maker in Texas.…

    • 1364 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    Social Factors In Oil And Gas Industry
    • 726 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Social Factors In Oil And Gas Industry

    The social factors in this industry are include culture, demography, religion, income distribution, ideological views, migration, ageing population and population growth rate (Verma, 2011). The social tendency can influence significantly on how the company operates and the demand for the products in this industry. For example, there are increasing awareness on more friendly fuels such as natural gas and reducing in the usage of “dirty” fossil fuels such as coal, oil sands, and shale gas. Besides, the cost of labour will increase due to less-willing and smaller workforce caused by the ageing population (Bargorett & Williams, 2014). Different management strategies are used such as hiring older workers to accommodate to these current social trends.…

    • 726 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Superior Essays

    Environmental Case Study Of Oil Spills In Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria
    • 1565 Words
    • 7 Pages

    Environmental Case Study Of Oil Spills In Niger Delta Region Of Nigeria

    People in the region often complain about health issues including breathing problems, skin lesions and many have loss access to food and clean water as a result of destruction of farm lands and aquatic ecosystem. The impact of oil spills in the region is best captured in a report issued by Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation in 1983 “We witnessed the slow poisoning of the waters of this country and the destruction of vegetation and agricultural land by oil spills which occur during petroleum operations, but since the inception of the oil industry in Nigeria, there has been no concerned and effective efforts on the part of the government, let alone the oil operators, to control environmental problems associated with the industry” (The Tides news ,…

    • 1565 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Superior Essays
    Read More
  • Superior Essays

    Oil Research Paper
    • 1145 Words
    • 5 Pages

    Oil Research Paper

    Oil (or petroleum) is a very important thing to us. We use it every day. We use a lot of it in just a single day. Our life depends on oil. It may not be the only thing but it is one of the most important.…

    • 1145 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Superior Essays
    Read More
  • Improved Essays

    Essay about Oil Spills and How They Affect The Environment
    • 661 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Essay about Oil Spills and How They Affect The Environment

    In Mexico, 1979, the Ixtoc spilled an estimated 800,000 tons of oil into the water. Of this, about 10,000 caught fire. This causes smoke to pollute the air, and the ashes that were created were carried overland for hundreds of miles, killing animals and one or two humans. This is people when the air blew the ash miles away, because unknowingly drank polluted water and inhaled toxic air. About 114,000 tons of that oil started to biodegrade[2], which means the petroleum of the oil break down into simpler substances.…

    • 661 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
    Read More
  • Superior Essays

    Utilitarianism And Consequentialism In Nigeria
    • 1257 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Utilitarianism And Consequentialism In Nigeria

    Introduction: Business was started by Shell in Nigeria in 1937 as Shell darcy and was given a license of exploration .Olioberi was the first commercial oil field discovered in the Niger Delta. Prior to discovery of oil, Nigeria depended on agricultural exports to other countries. The largest fossil fuel company in Nigeria is Shell Petroleum Development Company, which operates over 6000 kms. The villages’ individuals surrounding facilities of oil production occasionally drill holes into pipelines for purposes of arresting oil and transferring it illegally out of Nigeria (Begby, 2012). His procedure called oil bunkering is projected to cost Nigeria as much as 400000 barrels.…

    • 1257 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
    Read More

Related Topics

Ready To Get Started?
Discover
Company
Follow
©2024 Cram.com
Privacy Policy |  About Ads |  Site Map |  Advertise  | 
  • Cookie Settings