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Gas and Oil Abuse in Nigeria (Evidence (6.4 acid rain, 6.6…
Gas and Oil Abuse in Nigeria
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6.6 5000 major oil spills in the last 50 years, one and half million tons of oil dispersed into creeks, farms and forests
6.3 burning oil in flares causing skin problems, loss of sense of taste, numbness of gustatory organs, respiratory problems, cancer
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6.2 natural gas mixed with the pumped up oil is burnt off in flares, releasing greenhouse gases equivalent to 18 million cars
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6.9 there is hope that the video documentary on social media will inform the world of the damages caused by Shell to the local community and the environment and someone will come to the rescue
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- Credits
Producer/Director: Lars Johansson
Presentation: Maweni Farm
Duration: 29 min
Location: Niger Delta (swamp in Nigeria)
(conjunction of River Niger and Atlantic Ocean)
3.1 The oil and gas drills have driven away the gods who inhabited the air and water of the Delta. The gods wrath have produced violence and anger in some of the young men of Delta
- Preamble
- 2009 documentary based on video testimonies and evidences on oil spills and gas flaring in the Niger Delta and its impact on the local inhabitants
- 1956 Shell drilled first oil well in the village of Oloibiri
- Nigeria is the world's eighth biggest oil exporter
- Instead of prosperity, the oil drills have brought with them environmental destruction, disease and poverty
- natural gas, contained in the crude oil, instead of being collected are burnt off day and night in gas flares
5.3 food sources like fish, lobster, crabs, crayfish, edible roots and plants are destroyed or contaminated
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4.2 footage of creeks full of crude oil, devastated mangrove forests, leaking well heads,
4.3 interviews of local residents who have lost livelihood because of destroyed and contaminated farmland, fishing, and drinking water
4.1 a team, Nigerian Friends of Earth, of local activists (Ifie and Tina) collecting video testimonies from the communities about the impact of oil spills and gas flaring.
4.4 interview with Jonah Gbemre, who won the case against Shell over gas flaring in the village
4.5 Ifie Lott attends Shell's Annual General Meeting in Netherlands to inquire if Shell is going to obey the court order to stop gas flaring
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4.7 Basil Omiyi, MD Shell-Nigeria, gives a statement which is at odds with reality
4.8 Shell ignored the federal court ruling, oil keeps flowing