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Members of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria protest over crude oil theft. Olukayode Jaiyeola/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Nigeria is producing less and less oil. Here’s why

Insecurity of assets and life with declining capacity for technical and market production are responsible for Nigeria’s low crude oil production.
Firefighters putting out a fire at an Engen oil refinery on 4 December 2020 in Durban, South Africa. Gallo Images via GettyImages

Oil refinery closures, cleaner fuels and security of supply in South Africa

Refinery closures in South Africa are shots fired in the long running contestation between the oil refiners and the government, which has been trying to introduce cleaner fuels.
Oil from a ruptured pipeline is vacuumed from a creek near the near the Kalamazoo River in Michigan, July 2010. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Why scientists intentionally spilled oil into a Canadian lake

No one wants an oil spill in their backyard. Yet to understand the real-world fate and effects of diluted bitumen — a Canadian oil sands product — that’s exactly what some scientists did.

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