China's CNPC is now building mega refineries in Niger and Chad.

by Paschen | November 12, 2008 at 06:48 pm
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China's CNPC is now building mega refineries in Niger and Chad.

China's CNPC is now building mega refineries in Niger and Chad.

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China News just announced that it is building some rather large refineries in Niger and Chad for its Oil exploitation there who's rights it acquired earlier this year. This can only mean more trouble for the already op-reset Tuareg Nomads of the area, since the oil is in their territory as well as the Uranium mines (as reported earlier), yet they do not profit from it in the least. China's investments are extremely high in West and East Africa and focus mainly on Fossil Fuels such as Oil and Uranium. Making China now the primary investor and business partner in West and East Africa.

This how ever does not profit the people at large nor gives them new schools, hospitals or justice. China is not the culprit here though, more so the local governments that invest the new fund wealth into weapon and mercenaries allowing them to stay in power and sending large sums of money to Swiss and Lichtenschtein Bank accounts.

This new project, rather then helping the people of Niger and Chad is bleeding them even further and brings with it more oppression and more injustice as well as more poverty. 

China could change some of that by putting positive pressure on the ruling cast, however nor the European or the American or Canadian and Australian did so them self when they where in control. So Far Canada and France had the lion share of the Uranium even though Canada has more then enough Uranium on its own territory it is deeply involved in the International Uranium mining, processing and selling as well as the USA, China and Russia. Even though China does now hold control of the lion share of West African and East African Oil, Canada still maintains control of the Uranium in Niger so far wish is a direct cause off the oppression of the Tuareg people.

Those new Refineries will not bring to many jobs either for most of the workers will be Chinese and the compound will be fenced off and well guarded. Africa is extremely rich and yet its people are starving, in part thanks to our hunger for oil and uranium in the industrialized world and thanks to corrupt and oppressive Governments that we in the Industrialized world help to maintain power.

How nice would it be if we grow a conscience and would start acting responsibly not ego centrically.

http://www.chinaknowledge.com/News/news-detail.aspx?type=1&id=18798

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Amy Judd

I like your last sentence - yes it would be nice wouldn't it?

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SOLARLIFE

I agree, Africans know how to deal with Chinese now

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Paschen

Yes it would be nice.

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SOLARLIFE

mega refineries in Niger and Chad. Could this mean the Africans get their own petrol (refined locally) too ?

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Paschen

I am not sure about that Solarlife, Maybe, however it will be at a high price for Niger and Chad. Today the Litre sales there for about 2 EURO.

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gerrypopplestone

Yeah.  China even exploits the labour it brings over from China.

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Paschen

There could be some truth in there.

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Amitjha

Thats nice finally we will see the shift in petra power  from Brent to Beijing.That will enable to form a new eqation in world polotics.

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Paschen

It would be nice and yet it is a change that won't change much for the people them self at least not in positive way. They still get exploited.

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vincent de salvo

When you get the permit for the refinery , it should also include a planned city , with schools and hospital, retail  and housing for the population.

 

The city should be built first and then the refinery

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