sust-mar: Mobil Oil - coming soon to a province near you?

Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1998 16:12:48 -0400 (AST)
From: Paul A Falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca>
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It's a slow news day here at sust-mar, so i bring you the following
excerpt stolen from the Gallon Environment Letter.

Now that Mobil is involved off our coast, this may be of interest to Nova
Scotians in particular.

hippy new year, everyone!
~paul :)
 
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NIGERIAN FISHER FOLK DEMAND COMPENSATION 
FROM MOBIL OIL CORP.

Thousands of claims for compensation have been pouring in to Mobil Oil, a
United States based multinational oil corporation, for the environmental
problems caused by a major oil spill at the company's offshore exploration
rigs in Akwa Ibom state, Nigeria, following a company offer to compensate
all affected by the incident. Mobil estimates that about 40,000 barrels of
oil,

or roughly one-sixth of the giant Exxon Valdez spill in Alaska, drifted west 
in a January oil spill, the worst in Nigerian history after an underwater oil 
pipeline burst. For example Effiong Ikot, a fisherman and owner of a small 
business, is among those who have made claims. He has demanded 490,000 
naira of Mobil (about US$5,700) for the loss of fishing nets clogged by oil. 
He regards Mobil's offer of about US$250 as insulting. SOURCE, "Nigeria 
says Mobil power plant plan agreed," September 21, Reuters; "High Claims 
in Spill Betray Depth of Nigerian Poverty" By Roger Cohen, New York 
Times, September 20, 1998; "Nigeria's Abubakar to seal improved ties with 
West" By Dulue Mbachu, Reuters, September 20, 1998.

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