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    A HISTORY OF OIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION IN NIGERIATHE CASE OF EPIE-ATISSA 1975-2012
    (Department of history,nassarawa state university,keffi., 2014-04-01) Jack, Spero.; Ukalizibe, Margaret.
    The importance of crude oil to the Nigerian economy cannot be overemphasized. However, very little is known or heard of the smaller communities in the oil producing areas, most often subsumed under the larger name, the Niger Delta. However, many became known only recently, between 1990-2012, when there were vocal complaints and agitations over environmental pollution of the land, air and water. This situation became a recurrent decimal in the Niger Delta region of which Epie-Atissa is part. The Epie-Atissa communities have 29 communities in total. Six are oil producing, while others have petroleum pipelines that transverse through them to flow stations. In Epie-Atissa communities the exploration, production and transportation of crude oil for export started since the 1970s. Information from both primary and secondary sources were juxtaposed and analyzed in order to present a coherent account of oil exploration and production in Epie- Atissa land. The study was conducted to determine oil exploration, production, and its effects on the Epie-Atissa area of Yenagoa Local Government; and to provide information to further enrich studies on the economic history of the Epie-Atissa communities. The historical findings of the study showed how the people in this area lived before and after the discovery, exploration, production and transportation of crude oil, especially, the changes that have taken place in their environment, as well as the political, economic and social transformations. The study concludes that underdevelopment of the areas led to complaints and agitations which caused the oil company Shell to initiate the GMOU which involved the communities in making choice of projects to be cited in their areas as well as contracting the projects out for execution. The study recommends that: (1) the oil Company, SPDC should be made to keep to international environmental standards as practiced in other parts of the world; (2) that the federal government through the state and local governments should provide an employment scheme set out to engage youths who are mostly affected by poverty resulting from the degradation of the land and environment; and the dislocation of their economic activities in order to forestall youth restiveness and militancy.