The deadly practice remains a stubborn challenge for Africa’s largest oil producer.
Philip Jakpor, a Nigerian environmental activist, says illegal oil refining is common and remains a major issue for Nigeria, despite the outcry every time there are casualties. “Many people are benefitting from the illegal business of oil bunkering including government and security officials, and communities in the Niger Delta region, and that’s why it has persisted,” the director of programs at Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa explains.
Despite its obvious implications on the economy, people’s lives, and the environment, illegal oil refining remains difficult for the Nigerian government to prevent. A number of factors feed into the dangerous practice, including unemployment, limited access to socio-economic opportunities, andover environmental disasters caused by the extraction of oil and gas.
at Newcastle University, UK, and Niger Delta University, Nigeria, shows how host communities are severely harmed by the activities of local illegal oil refiners, with the highest impacts on farmlands, estuaries, and rivers.
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