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dondaddycares:
Oga the contention is the oil well and not the oil reservoir or block boundaries, let us not politicise everything or talk from regional leaning. People's lives are at stake because of these confrontations. Are the oil wells situate(some will try to correct my english saying its "situated", "situate" is a legal term in land matters) in Anambra? if yes, then the boundary commission should reflect that so that the respective boundary communities will lcoexist harmoniously. It shouldnt be about oil politicss, it should be about telling everybody where his or her boundary ended so as to avoid the inter-tribal or communal war. Forget your engineering pedigree, draw the surface map and leave the underground or whatever it contains because the sub-ground belongs to the federal government likewise the air space.

I understand you @dondaddycares and it makes perfect sense why you should think that the fight is over the wells. I am only saying that kogi is fighting the wrong fight. Its obvious that the wells are situated in Anambra state, but the subsurface belongs to the block owner as well and not the federal government. Orient placing a well in Anambra to drink off Kogi natural resources is enough to cause any uproar. They are however the owners of the block and can chose to exploit it as they please.

Engineering and technology is the only way to go about issues like this. If they are looking at the entry position of these wells, then they are legally in their right to pay royalties to Anambra. But as we all know....reserves are not surface assets and therefore the subsurface boundaries should be looked at rather than what is bring fought over now. Kogi people are right for the uproar, just that the reason is misguided.

I cant wait till they realise what is being done to them tho...everybody's yanashhole will open during this coming marginal round.

RareDiamond:
TRY GETTING YOURSELF A SOUND EDUCATION BEFORE YOU COMMENT ON A PUBLIC FORUM LIKE THIS. THIS FORUM IS NOT MEANT FOR MOR0NS LIKE YOU WHO CANNOT MAKE A CORRECT SENTENCE IN ENGLISH. NEXT TIME USE WANT NOT WON'T.

The national boundary commission as at January 2014 have traced about 80 percent of the boundary together with the representatives of Anambra and Kogi State which have made it clear to all that the oil wells are in Anambra State.

Hey RareDiamond,

I think you do not need to insult people to get your point across. Your responses are not exactly correct either. Oil wells are just mediums through which the oil in the reservoirs are brought to the surface (produced). I am a reservoir engineer and it sickens me when ever people mistake oil well from oil blocks or even from reservoirs. Although the wells can be situated at a position in Anambra state, the reservoir can run the entire extent of the block even as far as Benue and Edo states.

For a fact the wells are situated in Anambra, but the block boudaries run a significant amount into Kogi states and therefore subsurface interpretation can show that some part of the pools can be within Kogi state. From the last map I saw regarding this, most of the prospects were within the Kogi boundary although the faults were dipping towards Anambra. I bet that Orient and the Amambra state government will be paying some backlog taxes if this is propoerly explored.

Just a thought tho. I reaffirm that I do not think insulting someone online is the best approach to handling reasonable arguments. There are better and more peaceful ways of getting your message across.

Thanks