Oil resources management and illegal oil bunkering in niger delta, nigeria, 1999-2011
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Project Abstract
Oil resources management and illegal oil bunkering in Niger Delta, Nigeria, 1999-2011 AbstractThe Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been a hotbed of oil-related activities for several decades, with the discovery of oil reserves in the area in the 1950s. The management of oil resources in the Niger Delta has been a contentious issue, marked by corruption, environmental degradation, and social unrest. Illegal oil bunkering, the siphoning of oil from pipelines for sale on the black market, has been a major challenge in the region, leading to significant revenue losses for the government and oil companies. This research project aims to investigate the dynamics of oil resources management and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta region from 1999 to 2011. The study will analyze the various factors that have contributed to the prevalence of illegal oil bunkering in the region, including poverty, unemployment, weak law enforcement, and corruption. It will also examine the impact of illegal oil bunkering on the economy, environment, and social fabric of the Niger Delta communities. Using a combination of quantitative and qualitative research methods, including data analysis, interviews, and case studies, the research project will provide insights into the patterns and trends of illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta during the specified period. The study will also assess the effectiveness of existing policies and strategies aimed at curbing illegal oil bunkering and improving oil resources management in the region. The findings of this research project are expected to contribute to the existing body of knowledge on oil resources management and illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta. The research will provide policymakers, government agencies, oil companies, and other stakeholders with valuable information to develop more effective strategies for addressing the challenges posed by illegal oil bunkering in the region. By shedding light on the root causes and consequences of illegal oil bunkering, this research project aims to promote sustainable development, environmental protection, and social stability in the Niger Delta region, ultimately benefiting the local communities and the Nigerian economy as a whole.
Project Overview
Since the discovery of oil in Nigeria in 1956, reports of plunder, corruption and primitive accumulation of capital have dominated the management of oil resources by the Nigerian state in alliance with oil corporations, excluding the people from benefit of oil wealth. This study, therefore, is an examination of how centralised management of oil resources which concentrated the benefits of oil wealth in the hands of a very few privileged persons, led to chronic opportunism and criminality in the form of illegal oil bunkering in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region between 1999 and 2011. It set as its objectives the task of interrogating the nexus between allocation of oil blocks to members of the ruling class and oil banditry in the Niger Delta; the connections between protests over oil exploitation and environmental degradation and the proliferation of illegal refineries and oil transactions in the region; and the relationship between security leakages in the control of illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta and sustenance of an international market for illegal oil trade in Nigerian coastal waters. The study adopted the political economy theoretical framework. Data were generated through the qualitative descriptive methodology and applied the ex-post-facto research design. The study found that patronage allocation of oil blocks in ways that enriched the ruling class and provided oil corporations with hefty profits led oil host communities in the Niger Delta to engage in oil banditry. Protests over oil exploitation and environmental degradation gave rise to the proliferation of artisanal refining of stolen crude oil and illicit oil transactions in the region. Leakages in the security control of illegal oil bunkering in the Niger Delta sustained an international market for stolen crude oil and petroleum products in Nigerian coastal waters. The study recommended, among others, government increase of the percentage allocation of oil revenues to the Niger Delta states from the current 13% to 25% derivation and the development of a comprehensive database of oil blocks awarded since the discovery of oil in Nigeria.
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