At a Total gas drilling installation in Rivers State, a Chinese contracter, ZPED, works with Nigerians and the French company to drill for gas. This field is part of the only onshore oil exploitation that Total has in the Niger Delta.
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At a Total gas drilling installation in Rivers State, a Chinese contracter, ZPED, works with Nigerians and the French company to drill for gas. This field is part of the only onshore oil exploitation that Total has in the Niger Delta.

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Ed Kashi

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American, b. 1957

At a Total gas drilling installation in Rivers State, a Chinese contracter, ZPED, works with Nigerians and the French company to drill for gas. This field is part of the only onshore oil exploitation that Total has in the Niger Delta.

From Curse of the Black Gold: 50 Years of Oil in the Niger Delta


2006
Inkjet print, printed 2009
Image: 30.3 x 45.6 cm
Overall: 40.6 x 50.8 cm
Gift of Ed Kashi, 2009
2009.0205.0010
Inscriptions verso (grease pencil): Ed Kashi [signed] 3/16/09
TextAt a Total gas drilling installation in Rivers State, a Chinese contracter, ZPED, works with Nigerians and the French company to drill for gas. This field is part of the only onshore oil exploitation that Total has in the Niger Delta. Total started here in 1968 and this is the 125th well they have drilled.

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