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Introduction:
Abstract
This Research examined the relevance of Pipeline transportation to the marketing of Petroleum products in Nigeria. Toward this end 83 staff of the Nigeria national Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)’s offices in Enugu and Port-Harcourt were randomly selected to form the study sample. The 83 members of the study sample were given 83 copies of structured questionnaires to complete. Their responses were used to test four hypotheses formulated for this study. The result of the test/analyses revealed the following findings.
i. The use of Pipelines facilitates the effective distribution and marketing of petroleum products in Nigeria.
ii. Pipelines reduce the costs of transporting and marketing petroleum products in Nigeria.
iii. Pipeline vandalisation is the major problem impeding the effective use of Pipelines for the distribution and marketing of petroleum products in Nigeria.
iv. The use of alarm systems and police patrol will reduce the incidence of pipeline vandalization in Nigeria.
Table of Content
Title Page
Table of Contents
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Statement of the Problem
1.3 Objectives of the Study
1.4 Research Hypothesis
1.5 Significance of the Study
1.6 Scope And Delimitations of the Study
CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Historical developments of pipeline transportation
2.2 The features of pipeline
2.3 Pipeline transportation and the marketing
of petroleum products in Nigeria
2.4 Impediments to pipeline transportation in Nigeria
2.5 Prospects of pipeline transportation in Nigeria
2.6 Summary of Related Literature Review
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN METHODOLOGY
3.1 Research Design
3.2 Are of the Study
3.3 Sources of data
3.4 Population of the Study
3.5 Sample size and Sampling Method
3.6 Instrument for Data Collection
3.7 Validity of the Instrument
3.8 Reliability of the Instrument
3.9 Method of Data Collection
3.10 Method of Data Analysis
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND RESULTS
4.1 Data Analysis
4.2 Summary of Results.
CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
5.1 Discussion of Result
5.2 Conclusions
5.3 Recommendation
5.4 Suggestions for Further Studies
5.5 Limitations of the Study
5.6 Bibliography
Appendix (The questionnaire)
Introduction
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Pipeline transportation is the youngest among the other means of transportation in Nigeria. It has not received much attention because of two major factors. One is that it is relatively a recent origin. Two is the its operations and services are not in the hands of private individuals and companies. Hence everything about pipeline transportation in Nigeria is strictly in the hands of the federal government.
According to Kupoheyi (2008) pipelines have been in use for transporting materials for centuries. Hence in the urban areas, pipelines are used for distributing potable water. Though the pipelines network for the transportation and distribution of water in urban areas are usually short, they uses the same basic principles as the ones for distributing petroleum products. The point to note here is that pipelines were first used for distributing water. Later they were used for mooring gases and a variety of liquids within plants, between plants, as well as between locations for apart. Today pipelines are widely used for transporting petroleum products and some solids that are suspended in liquids over long distances.
Olakunori (2008) reported that petroleum pipelines made only recent discovery into Nigeria. According to him, the products pumped through the Nigeria pipelines include the following;
- Premium motor spirit (PMS) otherwise know as petrol;
- Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), otherwise known as diesel;
- Household Kerosene, (HHK).
In addition to these, aviation turbine kerosene (ATW, otherwise known as avgas, is often pumped from Mosimi to Ikeja Airport regularly. Pumping is usual done in butches of between 15000 to 50000 cubic meters in such a way as to avoid contamination. Delivery of the various products grades into storage is strictly monitored and controlled from the control centres located in Mosimi, Warri, Kaduna, and Port Harcourt. Once pumping begins and a product leaves the refinery tanks, its arrival time at any particular depot can easily be forecasted. (Olusunmade, 2001:07).
Liquefied natural gas (LPG) is pumped through the Escravos – Lagos Pipeline (ELP) dedicated to gas. This, at present, is the only operational gas pipeline that has been completed in the country (Adeyinka, 2000:78). According to Udensi (1999:36) the Nigeria government intends to extend the gas pipeline to other West African countries in order to encourage gas utilization and exploit the commercial opportunities in the sub-region. Some of these countries in this regard include.
- Togo
- Benin Republic
- Ghana
- Sierra Leone
- Burkina Faso
- Cape Verde
- Gambia
- Mali
- Mauritania
- Guinea and Chad.
Ike (1999) stated the construction of phases I-III pipeline systems enabled the Nigerian government to achieve the following objectives.
- Benin city
- Kaduna (Product depots)
- Port Harcourt (Product depots)
- Lagos
- Warri (Product depots)
- Yola
II. Provision of additional distribution depots at Suleja, and Minna
III. Connection of Kaduna Refinery products depot with the refineries a Port Harcourt and Warri, not only to make up the production shortfall there, but also to ensure the continued supply of products to the northern areas in the event of Kaduna Refinery outage.
IV. Construction of facilities to enable products to be pumped from Port-Harcourt to the Western areas via Benin, not only to augment Warri Refinery production, but also to continue supplies in the event of total outage.
V. The de-bottlenecking of limited capacity of the existing 6 inches diameter pipelines between Jos and Gombe.
VI Putting in places some alterations, upgrades and repairs within the existing system necessary to accommodate the new facilities.
In addition, with the completion of the nation’s pipeline interlink project, the total route of Nigeria’s products distribution pipelines and depots complex has grown to 4,950 Kilometers. This is made up of pipelines of various diameters linking twenty storage depots.
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