Sweet oil turns the Niger delta sour
John Vidal, The Guardian, 22 Aug 2010You smell the oil in the creeks and farmland of Ogoniland and the Niger delta long before you see it. Nigerian crude is a sweet oil which barely needs refining but in the sweltering tropical heat, it stinks of garage forecourts and rotting vegetation. We tried to find the source of one spill in a creek near the fishing village of Otuegwe. ... Read full article

