Chad Cameroon Petroleum Development And Pipeline Project

Cameroon is a country located in West Africa close to the Equator. Before it was colonized, this country was the place of origin for the Bantu people. With no central form of government, the people of Cameroon had small chiefdoms, Islamic states, and other tribes of the Bantu people. Early on the Germans had control of Cameroon until their fall during WW2 causing France to gain control of the country by the League of Nations. After the fall of imperialism, Cameroon gained its independence but is left struggling with weak judicial systems, corrupt government officials, and a small economy.

DROC is about one third the size of the United States; consisting of 905,365 square miles of territory it is also the third largest country within the African continent, smaller only to Sudan and Algeria. (Background Notes, 1)

Imagine living in a third world country with overcrowded houses and no job. That is how, “about 22% of our country’s 5.2 million Native Americans live” (A Program of Partnership With Native Americans). Right now Native American people take up about 2% of all land in North America, most of it being around the area of North and South Dakota. Over the past week there have been protests over the insertion of an oil pipeline through the Native American people, mainly the Standing Rock tribe’s, sacred land. This new pipeline would, “threaten water supplies for the Standing Rock Sioux and millions of others downstream, and its route would destroy tribal burial grounds and sacred cultural land” (Healy). Many of the Native American people, along

Keystone pipeline is a proposed crude oil pipeline that would be built from Hardisty, Alberta all way through Steele, Nebraska. It would stretch for 1,179 miles and it would transport up to 830,000 barrels of oil per day. The project was proposed by Trans-Canada to the United States government in 2005 and since then, it has been a controversial subject between the two neighbouring countries. The company argues that the pipeline would support more than 42,000 direct and indirect jobs while reducing American dependence on foreign oil by 40%. The president has the veto power over the decision on keystone and so far nothing has been agreed on with both parties. The project is currently being reviewed by the U.S senate.

The approximate 1,172 mile, 30-inch diameter, would connect Bakken and Three Forks production areas in North Dakota to Patoka, Illinois. The pipeline would allow oil to be moved in a “More profitable and environmentally safer manner.” Yet, any leak would cause immediate and irreplaceable

The Dakota Access, LLC is a company of Energy Transfer Partners formed to create the Dakota Access Pipeline Project (DAPL) in attempt to transport crude oil in a safer, more direct, and cost effective way. The pipeline will stretch 1,172 miles through 50 counties in North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Illinois. This $3.7 billion project will be able to transport 479,000 barrels of crude oil a day which is enough oil to produce 374.3 million gallons of gasoline per day. According to daplpipelinefacts.com, “The pipeline will enable domestically produced light sweet crude oil from North Dakota to reach major refining markets in a more direct, cost-effective, safer, and environmentally responsible manner.” Even though there are many positive

Located in Northeastern Africa, Sudan is the largest country. It borders the Red Sea and falls between Egypt, Chad, and Uganda.

Cameroon is in central Africa, between Guinea and Nigeria, sometimes even called the “hinge of Africa” due to its volcanic activity. Its area in comparison to California is only slightly larger- about 475,000 sq km, which makes this a relatively small country. In terms of boundaries, it has about six countries that border it: the Central African Republic, Chad, the Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Nigeria. Its terrain is relatively plain, with its coastal plain in the southwest, the dissected plateau near the center, some high mountains westward, and north it has plains.

Benin is a country located in West Africa. It is bordered by the country of Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, and Niger. The country’s capital is Porto-Novo, although the government is based in Cotonou, which is the country’s city. Benin is run by its president, Thomas Boni Yayi.

Africa is home to many extraordinary and remarkable countries. One of these countries is Chad, which is only about eighty-five percent the size of the state of Alaska. While Chad may appear small, the people there speak more than 120 different languages. Chad has six neighboring countries: Niger, Libya, Sudan, Central African Republic, Cameroon, and Nigeria. This country is named after the famous Lake Chad.

Let's begin with the landscape of Cameroon. Cameroon is located in central Africa, overhanging the equator. It is at the crossroads of land and water. Cameroon has rainforests with lots of vegetation. It is a very fertile land with lots of animals and wildlife. Something that makes Cameroon special is that it is one country with two distinct climates. In the North, Cameroon has a tropical, light

From the Saharan desert in the North, to the savannah plains in the central region, to the more fertile soil and rivers that feed into Lake Chad in the Southwest, Chad is the fifth largest country in Africa. According to the World Fact Book “the country is comparatively slightly 3 times the size of California”. With two seasons, the rainy season from late April to September (depending on the length of the rainy season which can vary), and the summer season for the rest of the year, Chad is home to around 11.5 million people. With a growing population the country has mostly a younger generation. With almost half the population being under 18 years of age. The majority of the population is girls/women. Women also have a higher life expectancy then men living to

The Central African Republic (CAR) is located in the heart of equatorial Africa. The country, with an estimated population of 4.4 million and a landmass of 622,984 sq km , is landlocked, sharing borders with Chad, Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Republic of the Congo, and Cameroon. The country, a former colony of France (formerly known as Ubangi-Shari), gained independence on August 13, 1960. Like most former colonies, CAR was subject to interference in domestic affairs by its former colonizer. The French were linked to the death of Barthélémy Boganda, the country’s pre-independence leader . The French were also directly involved in several coups within the CAR.

The Chad Cameroon Petroleum Development and Pipeline Project is one of the largest investments in the private sector in Africa that costs approximately US$3.7 billion. The project is being funded by the World Bank and the International Financial Corporation. The involvement of these two major financial institutions is a demonstration of the rationale that the project will generate revenue that will enable the Chad and Cameroonian governments to invest more in programs that focus on reducing poverty like rural employment, education, and health. The involvement of the International Financial Corporation will be geared towards accomplishing three major roles. These are long-term financing, stabilizing role, and uplifting the quality and standard of mitigation plans and environmental assessments.

     Nigeria has been a country in political turmoil for a long time. The country was created in 1914 under British colonial rule and at that time it was considered a protectorate. It was not until 1960 that Nigeria received independence from the United Kingdom. One of Nigeria's problems politically is that it has over three hundred different ethnic groups. The three largest of these are the Hausa-Fulani, Igbo, and Yoruba. At the time of the independence of Nigeria it was split up into three states with each state being under the control of one of the major ethnic groups. The natural resources of the other 297 ethnic groups were exploited for the major three groups,