Imperial oil: The anatomy of a Nigerian oil insurgency

Erdkunde

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-39

  Watts, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Insurgency; Niger Delta; Oil; War on Terror

Indexed keywords

GAS SUPPLY; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; HYDROCARBON RESERVE; NATURAL GAS; OIL FIELD; OIL SUPPLY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF GUINEA;

EID: 42149141838     PISSN: 00140015     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3112/erdkunde.2008.01.03     Document Type: Article

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