STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SCARCITY IN NIGERIA. (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE)

STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SCARCITY IN NIGERIA. (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE)

ABSTRACT

Topic of this research is the strategies for managing petroleum products scarcity in Nigeria.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the extent to which petroleum product scarcity are managed.  In conducting research the researcher made use oral interview and questionnaire she also review other  related literature necessary to provide the required data for the.  There are three chapter (3) in this project chapter one deals with the introduction and the problems associated with the subject matter were discussed chapter two is the review of relate literature is examined which deals with the origin of petroleum in Nigeria

Chapter three is the examination of  conclusion which deals in the data presentation

CHAPTER ONE

1.1              INTRODUCTION

The story and a look into the background of petroleum which is basically a mixture of crude oil and gas is fascinating.  History  has it that several light years ago plants and animals died and their remains become buried deep beneath earth under many thick layers of sedimentary rock such as limestone, shale’s etc through several physical and chemical changes these organic remains formed petroleum and it is found on land.

The search for petroleum  is an expensive and a complex exercise which being with the survey involving geological  mapping rock sampling and analysis  the most prominent method used in this surveys is seismic in which explosives are discharge into the ground.  The feedback is processed analyzed and recorded as a raw seismic data.  The data is then processed and interred probable with the aid of computer to show area as of probable oil and gas accumulation such area as are then selected for further investigation through drilling

When oil is discovered in commercial quantities through drilling the oil is sent to stations where water and gas are separated and oil is piped to refines where it is refined and converted into products such as premium motor spirits (PMS) or (PMS) or popularly know as fuel, Automatic gas oil (AGO) also know as diesel or gas Dual purpose kerosene (DPK) and many other productions however this study is concerned with PMS, AGO and DPK.  These are know (technically) as white product.

It is based on the above historical ground in 1937 shell D Arcy petroleum development  company began their curious search for cruse oil in Nigeria (schatzl, 1969:16)

(schatzl 1969 p.9) said that after the interruption from 1941-1946 caused by the second world war they followed an intensifications of he undertaking. Through geological ground investigation then followed an appraised based on aerial geological photograph.  Definite information as to whether crude oil is actually present in potentially productive geological and geophysical methods of investigation are obtained and also the evidence of oil accumulation can be obtained only through drilling operations.

In the period from 1951-1966, the beginning of drilling activity were carried on and wells are drilled the wells were concentrated only in a territory south of a line drawn through Benin City Owerri and Calabar all located in the tropical rain forest and the mangrove swamp vegetation zones sequel to this , a total of is wells were drilled (schatal 1969, p.14)

STRATEGIES FOR MANAGING PETROLEUM PRODUCTS SCARCITY IN NIGERIA. (A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU STATE)