CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The petroleum industry in Nigeria is the largest industry and main generator of GDP in Africa’s most populous nation. Since the British discovered oil in the Niger Delta in the late 1950s‚ the oil industry has been married by political and economic strife due to a long history of corrupt military regimes and the complicity of multinational corporations‚ notably Royal Dutch Shell. However it was not until the early 1990s‚ after the Nigerian
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I. OIL SPILL Oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment‚ especially marine areas‚ due to human activity‚ and is a form of pollution. The term is usually applied to marine oil spills‚ where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters‚ but spills may also occur on land. Oil spills may be due to releases of crude oil from tankers‚ offshore platforms‚ drilling rigs and wells‚ as well as spills of refined petroleum products (such as gasoline‚ diesel) and their
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Shell Oil in Nigeria 1. What are some of the factors explaining why corruption and bribery are so high in Nigeria? Nigeria is considered to be one of the most corrupt countries in the world. Many different forms of corruption are familiar to Nigeria including political corruption‚ bureaucratic corruption‚ electoral corruption‚ embezzlement‚ and bribery. Corruption has even been said to be a viable enterprise in Nigeria due to the involvement of citizens‚ government officials‚ and private
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I. The Sociological Perspective A. This perspective is important because it provides a unique way of looking at the human experience. It allows us to gain a new and comprehensive vision of day-to-day social life. B. This perspective stresses the broader social context of behaviour by looking at an individual’s social location (employment‚ income‚ education‚ gender‚ age‚ and race) and by considering external influences and personal experiences‚ which are internalized and become part of a person’s
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The project is about processing of raw coconut into virgin coco oil‚ coco flour and desiccated coco products. The processing plant aimed to venture into 100% export. In the 80’s‚ the American Soybean Association‚ campaigned against the use of coconut oil in the diet and claimed that it is the leading cause of heart disease and atherosclerosis in the United States. Since 2001‚ the Americans have recognized the virgin coconut oil as a functional food that not only nourishes but also heals and
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What court decided the case in the assignment? (2 points) The court decided for the defendants to prevail because premises liability and negligent infliction of emotion. 2. According to the case‚ what must a party establish to prevail on a motion for summary judgment? (3 points) Establish grounds for there enough cause for a motion. 3. Briefly state the facts of this case‚ using the information found in the case in LexisNexis. (5 points) The facts of the case found in LexisNexis is: a child
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World (24.0 points) 1. Choose a good that you are familiar with‚ such as a t-shirt‚ a tennis racket‚ a cupcake‚ a pair of sunglasses‚ or any other good. Be sure to choose something specific. Then‚ analyze its economic utility‚ using the questions below. a. Describe the good you chose to analyze. (1 sentence. 0.5 points) b. Describe the form utility of this good. Is the form utility good or bad? Can you think of ways to improve it? (2-5 sentences. 1.0 points)
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decide what qualifies as an environmental issue. The BP Oil Spill has been a huge environmental issue; it was the worst oil disaster in US history. The government estimated up to 2.6 million gallons per day with a total of 205.8 million got into the gulf. Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ Alabama and Florida all had miles on miles of surface oil problems. BP put nearly 2 million gallons of chemical “dispersants” into the ocean‚ which actually make the oil more toxic to ocean life. It’s considered and environmental
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and Raven Power Bases John T. Drea‚ Gordon C. Bruner II and Paul J. Hensel Twenty-five multi-item scales used to measure power sources anchor exercised power in a sales or channel setting are reviewed. The procedures for assessing the reliability and validity (convergent‚ discriminant‚ and nomological) of each scale are discussed and reviewed. Findings indicate adequate reliability for all ofthe scales. Problems in the establishment of validity for some ofthe coercive and legitimate power measures
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influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. The report also aims to provide how much and to what extent‚ Government policies influence oil prices in UK. Objective of the Assignment: This assignment has been prepared considering a number of objectives. The objectives are: * Identify and evaluate the factors that influence and determine the oil price in UK oil industry. * Understand how and to what extent UK government policies make an impact on the oil prices. * To show the
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