Fwd: Nigeria's Illegal Oil Refineries In Pictures!!!

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On 3/2/13, Valy Nfon Tameh <borley.edimo@ymail.com> wrote:
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> --- On Fri, 3/1/13, Martin Shiyla <mshiyla@yahoo.de> wrote:
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> From: Martin Shiyla <mshiyla@yahoo.de>
> Subject: [BIROCOL] Nigeria's Illegal Oil Refineries In Pictures!!!
> To: csscf@googlegroups.com
> Cc: "BONGKONG" <bongkong@yahoogroups.com>, "Zemstovs"
> <zemstovs@yahoogroups.com>, "BIROCOL" <BIROCOL@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Friday, March 1, 2013, 3:54 AM
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> Nigeria's Illegal Oil Refineries
> Jan 15, 2013 |
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> Reuters photographer Akintunde Akinleye recently gained rare access to an
> illegal oil refinery near the river Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa.
> There, he was able to document the secret and dangerous practice of oil
> bunkering, where locals hack into oil pipelines, steal the crude oil, and
> refine or sell it abroad. For over 50 years now, crude oil and natural gas
> have been extracted from the Niger Delta by large corporations, which have
> had their share of environmental disasters. The ongoing damage from the
> tapped pipes and these makeshift refineries continue to take a terrible toll
> on the environment and the local population. See also "Nigeria: The Cost of
> Oil" from 2011. [30 photos]
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> Smoke rises as an illegal oil refinery burns after a military chase in a
> winding creek near river Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa, on December
> 6, 2012. Thousands of people in Nigeria engage in a practice known locally
> as "oil bunkering" - hacking into pipelines to steal crude then refining it
> or selling it abroad. The practice, which leaves oil spewing from pipelines
> for miles around, managed to lift around a fifth of Nigeria's two million
> barrel a day production last year according to the finance ministry.
> (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye)
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> Smoke rises as an illegal oil refinery burns after a military chase in a
> winding creek near river Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa, on December
> 6, 2012. Thousands of people in Nigeria engage in a practice known locally
> as "oil bunkering" - hacking into pipelines to steal crude then refining it
> or selling it abroad. The practice, which leaves oil spewing from pipelines
> for miles around, managed to lift around a fifth of Nigeria's two million
> barrel a day production last year according to the finance ministry.
> (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye)
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> A man paddles a canoe through a swamp after an oil pipeline explosion caused
> by people who tried to steal fuel at Arepo village, just outside Nigeria's
> commercial capital Lagos, on January 13, 2013. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye)
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> A warning sign belonging to the company Royal Dutch Shell is seen along the
> Nembe creek in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on December 2, 2012.
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> Ebiowei, 48, carries an empty oil container on his head to a place where it
> would be filled with refined fuel at an illegal refinery site near river Nun
> in Bayelsa State, on November 27, 2012. Locals in the industry say workers
> can earn $50 to $60 a day. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> An oil pipeline belonging to oil company Agip spews oil after a leak in the
> Kalaba community in Bayelsa State, on November 26, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde
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> Men work at an illegal oil refinery site near river Nun in Bayelsa State, on
> November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A man working at an illegal oil refinery site pours oil under a locally made
> burner to keep the fire going, near river Nun in Bayelsa State, on November
> 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A man collects polluted water at an illegal oil refinery site near river Nun
> in Bayelsa State, on November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A man named Godswill works at an illegal oil refinery site, where steam
> rises from pipes carrying refined oil from a burner into broken containers,
> in Bayelsa State, on November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A worker pours crude oil into a locally made burner using a funnel at an
> illegal oil refinery in Bayelsa State, on November 25, 2012.
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> A man stands, reflected in oil waste at an illegal oil refinery in Bayelsa
> State, on November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A billboard campaigning against crude oil theft along a road in Yenagoa, the
> capital city of Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on November 28, 2012.
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> Security officials move through a swamp as smoke rises after an oil pipeline
> explosion caused by people who tried to steal fuel at Arepo village, just
> outside Lagos, on January 13, 2013. At least three people were seen dead,
> according to a Reuters witness. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A burnt canoe hull rests in a polluted creek after an oil pipeline explosion
> caused by people who tried to steal fuel at Arepo village, just outside
> Lagos, on January 13, 2013. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A body lies in a polluted, burned swamp after an oil pipeline explosion
> caused by people who tried to steal fuel at Arepo village, Nigeria, on
> January 13, 2013. At least three people were seen dead, according to a
> Reuters witness. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> An oil slick clots the bottom of mangroves in Bodo creek in Ogoniland, near
> Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt, on December 4, 2012.
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> An oil slick is seen as a speedboat churns up the water of Bodo creek next
> to polluted mangroves, in Ogoniland near Port Harcourt, on December 4, 2012.
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> Smoke rises as an illegal oil refinery is burned after a military chase in a
> creek near river Nun in Bayelsa State, on December 6, 2012.
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> A locally made boat containing crude oil is manned through a creek near
> river Nun in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on December 6, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde
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> A man and his son walk through polluted farmland in the Kalaba community in
> Bayelsa State, on November 26, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> Flames flare from a locally made burner as a refiner walks through an
> illegal oil refinery site near river Nun in Bayelsa State, on November 27,
> 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A man named Godswill collects crude oil from a small storage pit filled with
> oil, which is waiting to be refined at an illegal refinery site near the
> river Nun in Nigeria's oil state of Bayelsa, on November 27, 2012.
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> Ebiowei, 48, carries refined oil in buckets near the river Nun in Bayelsa
> State, on November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> Smoke rises from a locally made burner in an illegal oil refinery site in
> Bayelsa State, on November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A crude oil refinery worker stands in front of a locally made burner in an
> illegal oil refinery site near the river Nun, on November 27, 2012. The
> worker said that he had been doing the job for two years and earned the
> equivalent of around $60 a day. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> Ebiowei, 48, pours water to reduce the intensity of the fire in a burner at
> an illegal oil refinery site, on November 27, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde
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> An oil slick flows near abandoned drums at an illegal oil refinery site
> after the military chased oil thieves near the river Nun in Bayelsa State,
> on November 25, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> Steam is emitted from pipes as a man describes a process of refining crude
> oil at an illegal refinery in Nigeria, on November 27, 2012.
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> A passenger speedboat churns up the water, while in the background an
> illegal oil refinery is left burning after a military chase had occurred
> earlier, on December 6, 2012. (Reuters/Akintunde Akinleye) #
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> A young woman named Akpomene, coated in oil stains as she sits in a canoe
> near river Nun in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, on November 27, 2012. Akpomene
> fishes in the creek and sells the fish to help her family. She washes after
> fishing but still has sticky rashes on her body. (Reuters/Akintunde
> Akinleye) #
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> Related links and information
> Nigeria's oil thieves say government leaves them no choice - Reuters,
> January 15, 2013
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> Nigeria: The Cost of Oil - In Focus, from 2011
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