Fhemmmy:

well said, but we could try and start to blv little by little and then increase our faith when we see the result.

Onlytruth:

I believe that the Orient Petroleum is partly owned by Anambra state. I read it somewhere when they were doing private placement sometime ago. I will look for a more credible information on that. I don't know about the refinery, but if Orient owns it, then Anambra state owns part of it.

ndu_chucks:

Your belief does not make it a fact. It is irresponsible of you to believe such a story without verification. Orient Petroleum is 100% privately owned. olodo

Onlytruth:

When it comes to government business and delivery of dividends of democracy, I ONLY BELIEVE THINGS I SEE.
In all honesty I'm yet to see BIG and CLEAR achievements by the Obi government. I am an APGA man, so I want him to succeed.
As for the airport, we need INTERNATIONAL airport, not local one. Lagos does not have steady power supply too. If we wait for steady power supply, we will wait for ever.
That international access will give us the investors that will turn around every sector, including power sector in Anambra state.

Fhemmmy:

There is no doubt that an international airport could help Anambra . . All i am saying is, instead of Anambra depending on generator to power an airport, 24 hours electricity is achievable.

Onlytruth:

You missed the point I'm making with my Lagos example.
That Lagos international airport continues to bring big investments into Lagos, even though the airport itself suffers constant power outages. We cannot wait for something we don't know when it would be. We can build and operate an international airport.
It is within our ability. Power sector is a federal government "never do well" baby. We cannot allow it to stop our economic revolution which can be sparked by the international airport. Again, there are international experts waiting to come in and invest, creating jobs for young graduates, even in a situation of irregular power supply. It is already happening in Lagos.

COMPAQ: I'll like to see exactly how this refinery is supposed to make money!

COMPAQ: I'll like to see exactly how this refinery is supposed to make money!

Onlytruth:
This must be one of the dumbest position to take on something as strategic as a refinery these days, even a small one.

Fhemmmy:

Take am east oh

snthesis: abeg wetin the refinery dey refine shey na sugar, garri, or kulikuli
no b efferybodi for hia sabi book

Dis Guy: how far bros...

Chino_Is_Back: ^^^

Nwokem what is actually eating you dry? Is Anambra not producing crude now? Is Anambra Orient Refinery not about 95% completed? Is the Onitsha Port not completed and being concessioned? Is our governor's overall performance not far better than your governor?

Why are you seizing every opportunity to betray your inferiority complex and insecurity? Why not go and face your poor state and leave Anambra issues for Anambrans.

FYI: Orient Petroleum is producing crude and its refinery is at the completion stage. You think we are noise makers like you people who make alot of noise. We are silently developing while your people will continue leaving your state in droves and keep trooping to Anambra for their economic survival. Anambra International Cargo Airport is equally under construction, maybe that alone can cause you HBP.

If you can't bear it all why not go end it all..?

IGBO-SON:


^^^I'm actually feeling sorry for Anambrans if they have deluded peeps like you piloting their affairs and shaping public opinion!

Your kind are actually a danger to not only Anambra state, but the entire Igbo race; your kind accept local gov't level achievements as world-class and proof that Anambra is 'working'; your kind like to thrust in our faces the names and achievements of past great Anambra sons and daughters, forgetting that past glory can only take you so far in life; your kind are so insecure that you take any attack on that useless governor of yours (Obi) and make it look like one is attacking the entire Anambra people (a sad attempt at trying to garner support by appealing to peoples sense of state pride) .....you do all this not b'cos you don't realise you're being deceitful, but b'cos you're trying to protect the interests of the thieving and inept gov't at Awka....it's either you're related to a top gov't official, or you're part of them yourself!

You say Orient Refinery is at the completion stage?; you mind not being vague and telling us just what you mean by 'completion stage'? You say the River port is completed?; if it can't operate today b'cos of the small issue of 'concessioning', why the fuc/k did the President come down to Onitsha more than a year ago to commission it with so much fanfare......if not that they're trying to pull wool over our eyes and deceive us that Ndigbo/Onitsha are getting dividends of democracy? The 2nd Niger bridge nko?; they've been doing soil testing for the past 4 months now.....and this is after running to the press to announce that they've reached a PPP arrangement with Julius Berger; why not wait till everything is done b/4 announcing it, if not that they're trying to play 'politics' with the bridge? The year is almost coming to an end, and yet nothing tangible is achieved on the bridge; the refinery; or the river port.....all we hear is dogo turenchi! Instead of Peter Obi to be following up on these things (making use of his closeness to the President for once) and giving feedback on progress achieved thus far, he's busy following GEJ about and forgetting the pressing needs of the state!

KenGali: I am sure any right thinking person should know that given the kind of political interest the refinery generated last time, further development should be fast and quiet.

Infact I believe the whole Kogi state SAGA was sponsored or associated to business men with interest. If you know a bit about the supply of petroleum in Nigeria you will know that a company that can supply 25% of the market is a major threat to MRS, Capital Oil, Mobil, Oando, Total, Aiteos, etc. So the crisis that seems to have stopped Orient cannot be an accident. Also ifeanyi Ubas involvement in Anambra Politics might not be about his fortunes. If he gains control of that refinery he will either kill it as per desires of his business associates or use it to sack other Major players like Dangote from the market. Dangote's response of deciding to build a refinery inspite of the unfavourable economics, which he admitted to, is also not surprising. People assume he is helping Nigerians, I doubt! he is only ensuring that his business survives. I also think his refinery is sponsored by himself and the other major petrol marketers who are not making noise about it. They have all been talking about having a joint refinery for a while.

So bottom line is that Anambra is sitting on a golden egg that can provide us enough resources to develop our state. Whether Obi realises this or the kind of forces that might be arrayed against it is still an issue. It is like relocating the biggest industry in Apapa to Anambra. It is something we should work towards assiduously. The employment potentials alone for truck drivers is enormous, and we cannot have it without a fight. We have no time since we will loose the whole potential as soon as Dangote completes his refinery. There is only room for about 200,000 bbls per day refinery in Nigeria.

This means that whoever completes the first refinery takes the market. While the MOMAN refinery under Dangote will likely take three years to complete, we can complete Orient in less period using modular approach.
What we should do?
1. To quickly complete the current Refinery, use horizontal wells to quickly access the oil wells without getting into disputed areas to avoid
further distractions.
2. Make committed plans for a second and third refinery. We need to top at least 150 000 barrels per day to discourage Dangote. Once we can complete the first stage of about 50,000 bbls per day, and commit financially to the next 50,000 bbls, Dangote will review his economics for the his refinery and is likely to abandon it. In all time is of the essence.
3. For the second and third installations, we need to partner with IMO or Abia State to source for crude, if we have not explored for more crude within the Anambra basin.

While recent events show why the Presidency may have moved against Soludo, Obi's strategy leaves a whole lot of distaste in my mouth. I have wondered for months why his economists have not spotted the subterfuge moves against Orient idea. He is more focused on imposing the next governor than on any real economic planning. Hope he gets the message. I still believe ifeanyi Uba should not be allowed any close to the Government House, his motives are not really clear. If Anambra State looses this opportunity to control one of Nigeria's biggest industry, we will need to find the equivalent of about 10 of the existing oil fields in order to derive the same economic benefits as the refineries would have availed us.

KenGali: I am sure any right thinking person should know that given the kind of political interest the refinery generated last time, further development should be fast and quiet.

Infact I believe the whole Kogi state SAGA was sponsored or associated to business men with interest. If you know a bit about the supply of petroleum in Nigeria you will know that a company that can supply 25% of the market is a major threat to MRS, Capital Oil, Mobil, Oando, Total, Aiteos, etc. So the crisis that seems to have stopped Orient cannot be an accident. Also ifeanyi Ubas involvement in Anambra Politics might not be about his fortunes. If he gains control of that refinery he will either kill it as per desires of his business associates or use it to sack other Major players like Dangote from the market. Dangote's response of deciding to build a refinery inspite of the unfavourable economics, which he admitted to, is also not surprising. People assume he is helping Nigerians, I doubt! he is only ensuring that his business survives. I also think his refinery is sponsored by himself and the other major petrol marketers who are not making noise about it. They have all been talking about having a joint refinery for a while.

So bottom line is that Anambra is sitting on a golden egg that can provide us enough resources to develop our state. Whether Obi realises this or the kind of forces that might be arrayed against it is still an issue. It is like relocating the biggest industry in Apapa to Anambra. It is something we should work towards assiduously. The employment potentials alone for truck drivers is enormous, and we cannot have it without a fight. We have no time since we will loose the whole potential as soon as Dangote completes his refinery. There is only room for about 200,000 bbls per day refinery in Nigeria.

This means that whoever completes the first refinery takes the market. While the MOMAN refinery under Dangote will likely take three years to complete, we can complete Orient in less period using modular approach.
What we should do?
1. To quickly complete the current Refinery, use horizontal wells to quickly access the oil wells without getting into disputed areas to avoid
further distractions.
2. Make committed plans for a second and third refinery. We need to top at least 150 000 barrels per day to discourage Dangote. Once we can complete the first stage of about 50,000 bbls per day, and commit financially to the next 50,000 bbls, Dangote will review his economics for the his refinery and is likely to abandon it. In all time is of the essence.
3. For the second and third installations, we need to partner with IMO or Abia State to source for crude, if we have not explored for more crude within the Anambra basin.

While recent events show why the Presidency may have moved against Soludo, Obi's strategy leaves a whole lot of distaste in my mouth. I have wondered for months why his economists have not spotted the subterfuge moves against Orient idea. He is more focused on imposing the next governor than on any real economic planning. Hope he gets the message. I still believe ifeanyi Uba should not be allowed any close to the Government House, his motives are not really clear. If Anambra State looses this opportunity to control one of Nigeria's biggest industry, we will need to find the equivalent of about 10 of the existing oil fields in order to derive the same economic benefits as the refineries would have availed us.

pazienza:



Chai! Nigeria is a curse! We all know that in the times of the old, men with ideas like you should be leading Igboland, how come we have your types at the sidelines watching, while efulefus and ofekes are at the centre, chai! this is painful.




Ngige serves the purpose of his south western masters, he will kill that refinery to have those in that is about to be built in south west by Dangote survive, Uba will do the same cos of his business connections with other players in the industry that are in partnership with Dangote, behind the scene.

We are now left with APGA, as they wont have externak forces to obey, rather can only fail to finish the race for the first refinery because of lack of foresight.

Is there any way to put this your above write up in a national daily, to help enlighten ndigbo about the silent economic war going on in Nigeria now, and why getting the right person to occupy the government house in awka would be crucial to ensuring that Ndiigb come out top of this race.

Issues like this is what should be shaping the choice of candidates to be voted by my anambra people come election day.

asha 80: the thing is the private people championing this orient refinery how serious are they?if i am not mistaken orient refinery is more of a private outfit than public or government concern though ansg invested in it.