Oil terrorism is a thing in Africa. As soon as there is any kind of storage facility or pipeline, some bright sparks will try to steal some and refine it themselves in cut-down drums. IF it spills on the ground, oh well. In the eighties Oil companies factored in a percentage to that kind of loss. In the photo the waters look pretty slick with raw oil. Delightful. Contact with will be particularly toxic, as it has all sorts of VOCs that are highly reactive and ready to degrade. Think cancers. Add this to malnutrition and you have a ticking time-bomb for that population.

Oil terrorism is a thing in Africa. As soon as there is any kind of storage facility or pipeline, some bright sparks will try to steal some and refine it themselves in some cut-down drums. IF it spills on the ground, oh well. In the eighties Oil companies factored in a percentage to that kind of loss.