• How does oil & gas exploration affect climatic conditions in Nigeria?
  • Oil and gas exploration in Nigeria coupled with the construction and operation of the NCTL in the Niger Delta region have negatively impacted the climatic conditions of the region, particularly local communities.
  • Why do we need improved cultivars for vegetable oil extraction?
  • Limited land availability and growing demands for vegetable oils call for the development of improved cultivars for harnessing higher yields as well as more efficient oil extraction technologies to augment oil recovery from different oilseed crops without compromising with the oil quality.
  • Will oil and gas companies in the Niger Delta implement environmental and social resolutions?
  • It remains to be the extent that oil and gas companies operating in the Niger Delta will implement these emerging global environmental and social resolutions. Pipeline vandalism and insecurity of oil and gas infrastructures are threats that have defined the Nigerian oil and gas industry in the last 20 years.
  • Should oil and gas companies take the blame for the Niger Delta?
  • Although the oil and gas corporations operating in the Niger Delta should not entirely take the blame for all the underlying issues causing vandalism and insecurity in Bayelsa. They should however take the blame for their failure to uphold some moral duties despite operating within the principles of corporate capitalism.
  • What causes oil spills in the Niger Delta?
  • There is a range of factors that cause oil spills across Bayelsa communities and other crude oil-producing communities of the wider Niger Delta. Some of these are structural failures, operational blowouts, vandalism, oil theft, bunkering, and natural disasters.
  • Why is chemical oil extraction important?
  • Due to higher oil recovery and economic gains, chemical methods of oil extraction are preferred globally; however, the chemical solvents used exhibited detrimental effect on the environment, oil quality, and human health, which impelled the development of new technologies.