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fearless15:
Picture or you know the rest

For security reasons, I can't post pictures.

Can this be verified. It's not in local media.

Nigerian militants on Sunday blew up a crude pipeline operated by Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell in the restive oil-producing south, residents said.

"The incident occurred at about 1:00 am near Odimodi community in Delta State with the velocity of the blast shaking apartments in the community amidst a huge ball of fire," said local resident Endoro Newworld.

"The trunk line known as Trans Ramos belongs to the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), he said.


"At sunrise, a group from the community in company of the SPDC surveillance team was able to locate the site of the blast," he said.

Another resident who did not want to be identified told AFP the pipeline had been previously targeted by militants.

"Precisely on the 22nd of this month, there was a failed attempt to attack the same facility, hence we were expecting that security in the area would have been tightened, but we are really disappointed that they succeeded this time," he said.

There were no details available about the damage or any possible casualties.

Shell officials could not immediately confirm the incident and no group has claimed responsibility.

The Niger Delta Avengers (NDA) militant group has claimed a string of attacks against the state-run Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation as well as oil majors Shell, Chevron, Exxon and Eni since February.

The attacks have slashed output at a time when Nigeria is grappling with low global crude prices which have hammered government revenues, weakening the naira currency and pushing up inflation to near 11-year highs.

The Avengers want oil majors to leave the Niger Delta, blaming them for contributing to widespread poverty and under-development of the region.

The group also wants self-determination for the oil-producing states and political autonomy.

The rebels have spurned dialogue to end the violence, prompting the government to warn of an imminent military showdown with the insurgents.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-3717248/Militants-bomb-Shell-oil-pipeline-Nigeria-locals.html

Yesterday my house was burgled while in the church. On coming back from the church, I found out the gate was locked from inside which is unusual. We had to scale the fence. On entering the house, whole rooms were turned upside down. Laptops, tablets, jewelry and phones were stolen. They cut the protector in the kitchen and gained entrance.

I reported to police. I dare say we don't have police or security in Nigeria. They did zero investigation, asked me if I have anybody in mind, etc so that they can make arrests. If I asked them to arrest all the guys on that street, they would have done so! Of course, bail money go dey. I wanted them to do at least some investigation, which wasn't done. They asked me to get a photographer to take pictures of the scene!

What broke my heart was that these guys stole four external drives, kept in different places! All my data of eight years was lost. My latest hard drive 2T has information of the previous hard drives. I always back up my data in different drives. They took everything! Main one and all my back ups! It's really very painful. All my job projects, pictures (weddings, etc), etc lost.

I would gladly give these guys money to get my data back. Anyway, I leave them to God.

Why wait. Go in full force and fish out avengers. Dreamers

Anambra sits on oil, we all know. They might have oil as much as Delta State based on their location. Kudos to Anambra state

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Very soon, Igbos in ND that deny their heritage because of oil will soon rally behind their kins in SE. By the time more hydrocarbon is discovered in Enugu (mainly gas), Ebonyi, and even more discoveries in Imo and Abia, they will run back. They have option of being minority in SS or majority in SE. Their choice

mapet:
1. I have been in the industry for double the years you posted up there; just you know you're not talking to no novice.
2. Pls, do cut the chase on the bold and show me the certified report with which you came to this assertion
3. See some exerpts on - Exploration in the days of Diezani

"Mrs. Alison Madueke as saying that "Though it is too early to be categorical, there is a possibility that we may find oil in commercial quantity in the Chad Basin because of the discoveries of commercial hydrocarbon deposits in neighboring countries of Chad, Niger and Sudan which have similar structural settings with the Chad Basin. Therefore it is prudent to aggressively explore the Chad Basin for possible hydrocarbon deposits, ’’ the Minister stated." http://nnpcgroup.com/PublicRelations/NNPCinthenews/tabid/92/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/36/NNPC-Intensifies-Exploration-Activities-in-Chad-BasinTo-Acquire-33-550-sq-km-of-3-D-seismic-data-for-processingAs-Diezani-Alison-Madueke-calls-for-strengthening-of-Efforts.aspx

4. Now compare to Days of Kachikwu

“There are signs from the latest 3D seismic studies that oil may well be very close to being found now in Lake Chad after very many years of trials,” added group managing director Ibe Kachikwu.

Kachikwu, appointed in August to overhaul the state-run group, described the potential find as “very key” and indicated it would help access to crude in northern Nigeria.

“I am optimistic that by the end of the year we should be able to announce something major on this,” he was quoted as saying in an emailed statement on Sunday evening. http://guardian.ng/news/significant-oil-find-possible-in-lake-chad-basin-nigeria/

Summary
1. The exploration work is ungoing. The 3D had not been concluded. We may even decide to further do a 4D/5D Pseudo-Seismic studies to explore deeper sections to further confirm the findings
2. The exploration in the Chad-Basin at this stage is to establish reserves in commercial quantity. Shell has already made some discovery in the area......If NNPC makes further discovery, this can only logically lead to increased exploration by IOCs....then to final development.......what is the harm in this?

Definitely no harm in trial - but the effort is just by federal government as against independent producing companies/ joint ventures.This means the risk is high. Like I said earlier , and you rightly pointed, seismic data do show presence of hydrocarbon. Few exploration wells dug were oil-wet. Resolution of seismic data does not show if it is in commercial quantity until you actually drill through the formations and perform a comprehensive well logging program and formation testing. I have drilled a number of exploration wells myself. I'm well versed in it. They can go ahead, if it makes them happy.

mapet:
.....and you arrived at the bolded based on which exploration research report? Please do just throw words in the air and say assertively what you do not know.

I have worked in oil field for 8+ years, a Petroleum geologist. I haven't worked in Chad basin but have spoken with professional colleagues, and seen the basin data myself. Seismic data suggest presence of hydrocarbon, actual exploration wells show presence of oil wet sands. Field architecture show possible oil migration to Chad republic side. Chad is already producing this oil and selling. There is possibility of finally getting extractable oil. Question is - what quantity, is it worth it? Is this purely a political move? To be frank with you, it's easier to get hydrocarbon in southern States - East, West, Niger delta than this misplaced priority. It's a waste

cktheluckyman:
Which guys?

Military

Are these guys daft? You deployed fighter Jets, helicopters, warships and gun boats and failed! Who are you going to fight? There are militants in bayelsa, Rivers, Akwa Ibom, cross river, Imo, Abia, Ogun, ondo, delta. How do you intend to use force, clear citizens in these states or what? These bombers are sleeper agents, they are among the people. They pass through your check points unarmed, the people protect them. force will achieve nothing, I can bet 100 %. Wars are won with dialogue, not bullets. Dialogue is two way, obviously they don't want amnesty again or pipeline security contracts. They want a fair chair of their resources for community development. Let 70% of natural resources revenue remain from whatever region they come from, these whole issues will die a natural death. Don't bother how they spend the money, none of your business.

Bad attitude has repercussions. It's painful this is happening, it was a great mistake to elect buhari as a president of Nigeria.

This is a misplaced priority. Based on architecture of Chad basin, most of the oil has migrated to modern day Chad republic. What we see in Nigeria side is oil shows, or rather oil wet sand. Even if they finally see extractable oil, it might not be in commercial /economic quantity. They could have used the massive exploration money for agricultural revolution in the north east, including processing facilities. This will generate income and employ a massive junk of their jobless population. To some extent will keep Islamic insurgency in check.

It's top Nigeria management that messed up Baker Hughes

So Nigeria now wants to tax petrol it was subsidizing ? They want more money from poor masses who they couldn't provide electricity for but buy petrol to fuel the generators. How do we define wickedness. Moreso, they want more money from already stretched masses to fund their looting in inflated contracts which they may never complete or build to specification. So the diversification of economy is to tax the citizens more ?

mrkayusfit:
Why is the federal government slowing down their bombardment of this touts? By now the Tanks, warships and bomber jets should have been deployed in full force to the entire Niger delta cos it seems the Indigenes are sympathetic to the scAvengers. Bombing of our oil facilities alone is a treasonable act that must be considered an act of war against Nigeria and here they are threatening to declare Niger Delta Republic. Many states cannot pay salaries and people are dying of hunger because of the actions of these few vagabonds crippling our God given oil wealth. The federal government should not negotiate with them but instead warn innocent people who cares to listen to vacate the region so full military might can be deployed to wipe out the terrorists with brutal force. Anyone caught in the inferno will have themselves to blame cos this nonsense has to stop.

The oil is our collective wealth and no group of people can hold us to ransom. We once fed the whole country with cocoa and groundnut pyramid money and no youth from those regions formed militancy. I can smell the hands of the Biafrans in these renewed militancy and they think this approach will blackmail the FG into releasing Nnamdi kanu or restoring the dead and buried biafra of 1970. We will resist any attempt by any groups to break away and we shall never support any form of referendum. A word is enough for the wise. Do anyhow, see anyhow

lol Lunacy at its best. Some people are still dreaming.

If this fundamentalist can say this, Nigeria has really entered one chance.

iLoveTheSun:
@mesoprogress: Thanks for sharing.
Do you have a solar project site in sight?

What could be the possible tariff/price per kWh for solar electricity, if power is available for 24/7?

I think an ideal location would be a fish & meat market with ice block makers? Or electronics market?
Or a new residential building area?

have a good day!

Solar power should work well in all parts of the country, most especially Northern Nigeria and middle belt. "Solar panels are currently selling for as low as US$0.70 per watt (7-April-2012) in industrial quantities; the balance of system costs (inverters, racks, wiring, marketing) made the median price in 2011 of large (>100 kW) systems $2.60/watt in Germany and $4.87/watt in the US.
Price per watt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia". Your offering price in kwh consumption depends on you, how quickly you want return on investment. If you want to tie it to grid, don't know how much they will offer you per kwh. Costs are improving, it should be much cheaper by now depending on the supplier, quality, etc. Have a wonderful evening!

By Iyobosa Uwugiaren in Abuja
July 16, 2016

A few days after a female pastor in the Redeem Christian Church of God, Mrs. Eunice Olawale, was brutally killed by suspected Muslim extremists, a group of another Muslim youths yesterday attacked St. Philip’s Catholic Parish, Baki Iku, close to Zuma Rock in Niger State, destroying properties worth thousands of naira.

The Vicar-General of Parish, Revered-Father Gobep Luka Sylvester, who confirmed the news to THISDAY last night said about 200 Muslim youths stormed the Church premises yesterday and destroyed properties of the church.



THISDAY gathered that some Catholics had gone to the church to pray and were attacked by the Muslims who claimed that Fridaywas their day of prayer and that the Church only had right to worship on Sundays.

Revered Father Sylvester told THISDAY last night that although he was not around when the incident happened, he was told that some Muslim youths numbering about 200 came to the Church and started destroying the church’s properties, saying the security men in the church premises were seriously injured.

According to him, ‘’Sometime around 2pm, some Muslim youths in numbering 200 left their Mosque after their Friday Jumat prayer and rushed to the Church premises, climbed the wall and destroyed everything in the Church: the windows, the alter, musical instruments, the chapel.

’The security man in the church premises was beaten to pulp. Some women who were holding a prayer meeting were chased away. The seminarian who is resident in the premises was also beaten up and chased away.”

He said the incident had been reported to the police and they claimed to have made some arrest and promised to investigate the matter.

In 2012, Alhaji Kabiru Sokoto — suspected member of terrorist group, Boko Haram, on Christmas day, detonated bomb that killed several Catholics and passers-by at St Theresa Catholic Church, Madalla, close to St. Philips that was destroyed yesterday.

The Revered Father added, “Just last week, Mrs. Eunice Olawale, a mobile preacher of the Redeemed Christian Church of God was killed by some fanatical Muslims in Kubwa, FCT. How long are we going to continue like this?

Source : http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/07/16/over-200-muslim-youths-run-amok-destroy-catholic-church-near-abuja/

I went through NERC website and found out that owning power generation plant less than 1MW is not regulated.

Also, owning and distribution power less than 100 KVA is also not regulated.

I see opportunities presenting itself in the face of protracted power outages. Streets (with eg 25-30 houses) and small villages can arrange and have 100 KVA distributed amongst themselves. These houses always run inefficient generators that constitute both noise pollution, ambient air pollution and have poor fuel to energy conservation efficiency.

My question is, can the owner charge for the power distributed? It will be cheaper than running individual generators. There are cheap China-made meters to check individual usage. It's just an adjunct power source, likely to run in the evenings and early morning as the case may be.

Again why can't LGs or individuals create small-scale industrial parks with 1MW constant power ? 1MW can aggregated by 100 KVA units, put online gradually as needs arise. No regulatory hazzles and will stimulate industrial development.

Please any thoughts on legality of this ? We've gone a long way and we need to think about community power generation adjunct to our epileptic national grid.

I have other thoughts like using biomass (sawdust, wood chips), biogas from waste, micro hydroturbine, solar panels(still expensive to deploy) etc to power this small plants for our commodities. We need to start thinking.

http://www.nercng.org/index.php/industry-operators/licensing-procedures

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Obviously, these Niger Delta Avengers has more integrity than the so called, overrated American ExxonMobil.

There are some things we may never know. Forget atheists, forget science. Life is beyond the science we know. The best gift we can give while alive is love.

attackgat:
And if regionalism does not ever come, what will you support? The status quo?

Biafra came about because the North did not want true federalism. Biafra was declared by Ojukwu because the agreement on a confederation that was signed in Aburi Ghana was flagrantly breached by Gowon and his Northern cohorts. As long as the core North is part of Nigeria, true federalism will never come back because we all know they will vote against it at the national assembly.

Personally, I want my 50 million strong Igbo nation to be independent. We don't need Nigeria or some of the minorities in Southern Nigeria who are still shouting 'our oil!'. We need our freedom to Govern our selves. It won't be easy in the beginning but nothing good comes easy anyway.

The same oil that made my Igbo brothers in delta, Rivers deny their origin. Igbos that accept their heritage should be allowed to go. They will succeed.

hpk:
Go, read history books and school yourself. CHRISTIANITY IS NO SAINT...

Good it's history, other religions have moved on. Islam is still in medieval age in 21st century.

hpk:
GIVE ME A WORLD WITHOUT RELIGION AND I'M GOOD... WHAT A SAD WAY TO DIE...

Not religion, precisely Islam.

Omoluabi16:
I havent been to the east. And I think the O.P is definitely not a northerner.

shut fvck up and stop assuming what you don't know

Omoluabi16:
O.P you funny oh! you dey find federal character for church? anyway I doubt if RCCG churches are that much in the east. They're everywhere here in lagos and S/w, and these parishes are units under provinces. do the maths..the leaders are likely to be positioned according to God's wishes. If human sentiment occurs, then the south westerners in the church easily outnumber people of other zones.

Have you been to the east to know? What makes you think it's about easterners?

fkj950ax:
Helicopters not very useful over bushes or thick vegetation. May be there overhead as a show of force or deterrent, but the pilot won't see jack down below.

It doesn't matter, just shoot into their positions, they will take off. Ground police may even give them a hot chase into the jungle with air cover.

Pathetic. Riot police, dogs, helicopter , are what's needed to tackle these kidnappers. As for ammunition, they have enough and laying ambush for policemen gives them combating advantage. With oversight helicopters, ambushes like this will fail. Moreover, police has a lot of moles in their midst. Most SARS members were former hoodlums and robbers.

It's not bayelsa, they were speaking Igbo. This is likely Igbo speaking delta, Rivers or Imo state. I suspect Egbema axis of Imo - Rivers state.

What's the unit? It turns the stomach when illiterates post stuff. Is it total power consumption in KWH (or MWH)? Definitely Nigeria doesn't have the capability of producing 67 GW (vision 5050) unless it's 67 MW you mean.

Are you a learner? What do you want him to say? Magu is acting a script from Buhari. Bruntai is not on the script.

Changing position gradually. Osinbajo is Buhari's henchman for policies he buhari is not comfortable with - name it, subsidy removal, naira floating, negotiations with militants. There is no going back on restructuring. State policing is a good development, it's just the beginning.

To say a fact - Niger delta avengers are doing a fantastic job. Niger delta has been sharing their wealth with the whole Nigeria for decades. Now oil prices are low, and renewed sabotage on pipelines, other regions will be hesitant to share their resources even for a year.

I'm loving Nigeria's federalism with dwindling oil revenue. We must share our collective wealth no matter where it comes from.