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Lie-lie Men - sample
Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:54:20 -0400
From an upcoming documentary about oil and gas flaring in the Niger Delta, Nigeria.

Burning from the Inside
Mon, 24 May 2010 05:15:02 -0400
This feature documentary is an interview with several members of a Nigerian tribe called Ijaw, of which several million are living in the oil-rich region of the Niger Delta. Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil, holds the fourth largest reserve of oil and gas and is an important supplier of oil to the US. Since the British left Nigeria in the 1960s the country has been in a state of semi-civil war, wracked by religious conflicts, and its natural resources looted by western companies, as a result of which millions of people have died. The people interviewed in this film have all suffered horrendous violence in their struggle for independence. Some have been on death row, some raped, some kidnapped and even tortured. The project started in January 2000 and by September 2004, during which time the media had changed their general mood be describing the situation of 'gangs, local tribes and the oil companies in conflict' as 'armed militants and guerrillas against the government in a war zone'. Some of the members interviewed achieved a peaceful coup a few months ago and have now taken over the government in Nigeria. Directed by Nick Peterson — © Copyright 2010 EdgeImageBank Pictures More at: www.virtualalien.net

Burning from the Inside
Mon, 24 May 2010 05:14:46 -0400
This feature documentary is an interview with several members of a Nigerian tribe called Ijaw, of which several million are living in the oil-rich region of the Niger Delta. Nigeria is the world’s sixth largest exporter of crude oil, holds the fourth largest reserve of oil and gas and is an important supplier of oil to the US. Since the British left Nigeria in the 1960s the country has been in a state of semi-civil war, wracked by religious conflicts, and its natural resources looted by western companies, as a result of which millions of people have died. The people interviewed in this film have all suffered horrendous violence in their struggle for independence. Some have been on death row, some raped, some kidnapped and even tortured. The project started in January 2000 and by September 2004, during which time the media had changed their general mood be describing the situation of 'gangs, local tribes and the oil companies in conflict' as 'armed militants and guerrillas against the government in a war zone'. Some of the members interviewed achieved a peaceful coup a few months ago and have now taken over the government in Nigeria. Directed by Nick Peterson — © Copyright 2010 EdgeImageBank Pictures More at: www.virtualalien.net

Shell Oil: Human rights go up in flames
Thu, 20 May 2010 02:07:24 -0400
blog.amnestyusa.org Gas flaring happens when oil is pumped out of the ground, producing gas. The gas is separated out and, in Nigeria, is usually burnt as waste. This practice, combined with numerous oil spills, has left communities in the Niger Delta with little option but to drink polluted water, eat contaminated fish, farm on spoiled land and breathe in air that smells of oil and gas. It also makes a mockery of Shells much-flaunted business principles.

STOP SHELL’S GAS FLARING IN THE NIGER DELTA
Mon, 17 May 2010 22:14:30 -0400
London members of Amnesty International picket and petition Shell petrol stations, ahead of Shell’s AGM on the 18th May 2010.

NIGER DELTA GAS FLARING 1
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:02:56 -0500
Available in HD. Gas flaring in Niger Delta

Poison Fire: Oil and Gas Abuse in Nigeria
Mon, 18 Jan 2010 00:38:11 -0500
The Niger Delta in Nigeria is an environmental disaster zone after fifty years of oil exploitation. One and a half million tons of crude oil have been spilled into the creeks, farms and forests. Natural gas contained in the crude oil is burnt off in gas flares that produce as much greenhouse gases as 18 millions cars and release toxic substances in densely populated areas.

NIGERIA: Angry Niger Delta residents say massive pollution, gas flaring must end, officials call for militants to halt attacks
Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:31:49 -0400
Huge flames billow in the air over the Umuoku community and black smoke leaps into the sky as a giant gas flare operated by an international oil company spews out noxious fumes.

Infernal Combustion
Thu, 18 Jun 2009 09:35:03 -0400
It is unacceptable that major oil companies such as Shell, Exxon/Chevron, TotalFinaElf and Agip continue the practice of gas flaring in such quantities in Nigeria. As the G8 Summit and its primary focus on the African development problem dawns upon us, we must urgently stop wasting this natural resource.

Judith Chompski on Democracy Now: Wiwa v Shell Settles
Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:18:09 -0400
The oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to pay a $15.5 million settlement to avoid a trial over its alleged involvement in human rights violations in the Niger Delta. The case was brought on behalf of ten plaintiffs who accused Shell of complicity in the 1995 executions of Nigerian writer and environmentalist Ken Saro-Wiwa and eight others. We speak to Ken Wiwa, the son of Ken Saro-Wiwa, and attorney Judith Brown Chomsky.