Oil thefts and pipeline vandalization in Nigeria / Patrick Edobor Igbinovia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Igbinovia, P. E. (Patrick Edobor), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pipelines--Design and construction.

Pipelines.

Gas industry--Security measures.

Gas industry.

Theft--Nigeria--Prevention.

Theft.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ibadan, Nigeria : Safari Books Ltd, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Oil Thefts and Pipeline Vandalization in Nigeria focuses on leakages in oil revenue through thefts and vandalisation which has now become a national shame and embarrassment. The book presents a scholarly evaluation of the evolution, etiology, causes, nature, extent, characteristics, legal aspects, trends rationale and modus operandi of the phenomena in the country. This study is a substantial academic contribution to our knowledge on the subject matter for further research by social scientists and scholars, legal practitioners, law enforcement professionals, criminal justicians, corporate office.

Contents:

Cover

Title page

Copyright page

DEDICATION

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

PREFACE

FOREWORD (I)

FOREWORD (II)

CONTENTS

LIST OF TABLES

CHAPTER ONE - OIL THEFTS AND PIPELINE VANDALIZATION IN NIGERIA

CHAPTER TWO - OIL EXPLORATION: HISTORICAL, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL OVERVIEW

CHAPTER THREE - THE LEGAL BACKGROUND

CHAPTER FOUR - OIL PIPELINE INDUSTRY NETWORK OVERVIEW

CHAPTER FIVE - LITERATURE REVIEW

CHAPTER SIX - INCIDENTS, EXTENT AND NATURE

CHAPTER SEVEN - CONSEQUENCES AND IMPACT

CHAPTER EIGHT - CHARACTERISTICS AND MAIN FEATURES

CHAPTER NINE - CAUSES AND SOME POSSIBLE EXPLANATORY THEORIES

CHAPTER TEN - SOLUTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CHAPTER ELEVEN - SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION

APPENDICE S

APPENDIX 1 - THEFT KNOCKS NIGERIA'S OIL OUTPUT TO FOUR-YEAR LOW

APPENDIX 2 - OIL THEFT: WE ARE ONLY TAKING WHAT BELONGS TO US - BOYLOAF

APPENDIX 3 - HOW CRUDE CASH IS LAUNDERED, BY CHATHAM

APPENDIX 4 - DEALING WITH OIL THEFT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Back cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 23, 2014).

ISBN:

9789788431671

9788431674

OCLC:

891404394