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EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by hopeforcharles(m): 4:56pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
After reading this I felt like sharing it to hear the opinions of my fellow Nairalanders Oil reserves exist in Chad basin, which is centered in lake Chad which is surrounded by Niger, Cameroon, Chad and Nigeria. Chad is an exporter of oil which runs in 1070 km pipelines through Cameroon. Nigeria’s exploration of oil from the Basin which extends through Yobe, Borno and Adamawa States have been hindered by Boko Haram insurgency which deliberately hampers commercial exploration. Oil has been discovered in Lake Chad but terrorism continues to push forward the mission of Nigeria to start drilling for commercial quantities. “Vanguard learnt that the various technical personnel who provided support services for exploration activities have left the region from fear of being killed, while geologists in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), also shunned the volatile Basin in Borno State for fear of losing their lives.” According to E&P mag: “Hopes of stepping up oil exploration in Nigeria’s Lake Chad Basin have been dashed by the brutal attacks of Islamic Boko Haram and the Ansaru sect terrorists in the country’s northeastern region.” Between 2011 and 2013 the Nigerian government provided $240 million to facilitate oil and gas exploration activities in the Lake Chad Basin and other northern hydrocarbon basins, including the Benue Trough, Bida Basin and the Sokoto-Rima Basin in northern Nigeria, said Jerry Gana, a former minister of information and chairman of the Northern Economic Summit. Oil prospecting in the Lake Chad Basin was “yielding promising results and may lead to commercial exploration of oil and gas this year,” Nigeria’s Vice President Namadi Sambo said in a 2013 article in The Weekly Trust. Three blocks were identified for potential oil and gas exploration, and hopes were to begin exploration work by 4Q 2013 or 1Q 2014.” The Boko Haram insurgency has conveniently provided Chad, under the government of Idriss Deby, unfettered access to oil under Nigeria’s soils through 3D oil drilling from within its territorial borders, which the country exports. The neighboring Francophone colonies of France, Chad, Cameroon and Niger without compensating Nigeria are now drilling off and selling significant quantities of Nigeria’s oil under partnerships with multinationals. According to the “Rule of Capture,” this is legally permitted so long as the drilling is done within the individual’s territory and does not extend into the neighbors land; oil, water or other resource can be harvested from the State’s territory, even if being drained mostly from reserves underground held largely in neighboring States. With the Hague Ruling in favour of Cameroon and the handing over of the Bakassi peninsula, the same way, Cameroon is drilling oil flowing out of Nigeria’s Gulf of Guinea, safely from its territory. The Hague ruling favored these foreign investors and French -Cameroon partners. Big players have abandoned Nigeria and invested heavily in its neighbors. Billions of dollars have been invested by multinationals in the Lake Chad exploration in Chad and this oil is tapped through Chad. The over 2 billion oil reserves are flowing through the Chad- Cameroon pipeline (soon to extend to Niger), leaving terror bedeviled Nigeria out of the loop. Currently, oil from Lake Chad being drilled by the Republic of Chad is transferred to a stationary FPSO – Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading vessel, which can store over 2 million barrels of oil and processed oil shipped through tankers to the international refineries at the Port of Le Havre in France. It goes without saying that France benefits largely from the Boko Haram terror crises in Nigeria’s northeastern States that hamper Nigeria’s exploration o f the linked reserves from within its territory. Named terror sponsor, Ali Modu Sheriff is thoroughly invested in Chad’s oil and gas industry. He is a benefactor of the tapping of reserves from Nigeria through Chad drilling. The recent urgent trip by him and Nigeria’s President after he was named a Boko Haram sponsor by President Jonathan’s terror negotiator, Australian Doctor Stephen Davis is believed to have been necessitated to restore investor confidence in Chad and assure the Chadian partners in tapping of oil from the common basins that all is well, Nigeria’s President will stand by Sheriff and protect their common investments in that industry and country. Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and the current President are both said to have been introduced to the lucrative investments in Chad by Senator Modu Sheriff. Documents at our [ENDS] disposal give detailed analysis and description of the aggressive drilling and export of oil from our common oil pools by our neighbors and includes the States and multinationals involved. Wikileaks documents at the onset of Boko Haram terror revealed a certain Abu Mahjin, from Chad who was noted to be a true founder of the terror sect. A motive can now be drawn. “Abu-Mahjin (Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment, TIDE number 24350378), a Chadian national with ties to al Qaeda, who the US detected was on mission to organize some sort of terror operation in Nigeria.” [http://newsrescue.com/boko- haram-foreign-terror-via-nigerias-porous-borders- the-urgent-matter-of-national-security/] Terrorism in the oil rich Niger delta and in the oil rich Chad basin conveniently decreases Nigeria’s harvest of its oil while multinationals have side-stepped Nigeria and figured how to reach the precious material in common oil pools from neighboring States. Top players in Nigeria are invested in this lucrative opportunity through investment partnerships in the neighboring countries. Instability and terror profits these individuals. The Stephen Davis revelation is opening up a new understanding of the seemingly intractable conflict in the northeast. We need to ask many questions. NB got this from a blog Dr. Peregrino Brimah http://ENDS.ng [Every Nigerian Do Something]
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Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by ednut1(m): 5:03pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Conspiracy. bt one county own suppose spoil for anoda country own to beta |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by Mutuwa(m): 5:07pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Mr Op ur on track.this was a discovery since d sarduna era.but was kept mute.The north is indeed rich n noting anybody can do about it.The only problem is the leaders are more sinister than anyone can envisage.Amongst men there are "Men" amongst governors there is a " governor" and shireff is that governor and through this medium and other means he acquired tremendous wealth.. 1 Like |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by Mutuwa(m): 5:09pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
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Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by Litmus: 5:18pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Well, let Nigeria keep playing nice and brotherhood, brotherhood with their craven and deprived African neighbors that lack any ounce of morality. Probably can't do much about the shared earth shelve situation when it comes to oil but Nigeria can and should as a matter of urgency erect border fences,barbed wire to protect Nigeria. Much of the Army gains of recent will all come to nothing unless the borders are protected. Never trust Cameroon, never trust France. Hell, probably should add all the French African nations to the list of Do not Trust!! 1 Like |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by hopeforcharles(m): 5:24pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Sometimes this whole boko drama sickens me, the lackluster attitude of even the state governors that are affected to effect or implement some kind of restrictions or support is not there, I always knew something is up with the way it has been going, I just finished watching a movie (Rampage 1 and 2) there is a specific part where the guy was bitterly complaining about the manipulations of the few elite, I feel that is what is happening in that area of Nigeria. |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by Litmus: 5:36pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Actually, if Nigeria keeps hemorrhaging good-economic-climate-for-investment goodwill at this rate, Cameroon, Niger, Chad and Togo probably need to be the ones to consider laying barbed wires across their borders to protect themselves from a future depraved Nigeria. |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by Rawani: 5:37pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
If this allegation is true, then Nigeria is being deprived of additional petro-dollars from the sweet crude of Northern oil fields. The Chadians are putting themselves on an inevitable collision course with Nigeria, but who can stop this high level conspiracy when the person in charge is alleged to be privy to the sabotage? This is why we need Gen. Buhari to flush the system of these evil men. |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by BlackTechnology: 5:45pm On Sep 13, 2014 |
Thank God people are now seeing my perceptive. Nigeria intelligence agencies should secretly fly high attitude planes that has powerful cameras/videos to check for any mining sites. Chad Niger and Cameroon should be spied to know if any illegal trade in Nigeria's minerals is going btw BH and any business existing in these countries. It's true BH has a local political and foreign based support. But not viewing the angle of illegal mining activities, it's a great disservice to FGN |
Re: EXPOSED: Boko Haram, Big Oil And The Chad Connection. Could This Be True? by ifaoni(m): 6:04am On Sep 18, 2014 |
thats so bad. |
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