Exxonmobil Chad-Cameroon Pipeline Project

Exxonmobil and the chad-cameroon pipeline

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Title Page: Include the team number and all team member names. (we can insert at when we make final document)

Executive Summary: Findings most relevant to the decision maker, issues addressed, conclusions, recommendations, and their reasons.

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Executive Summary:

Exxonmobil Company Background

Chad and Cameroon

       Chad and Cameroon are the two countries evolved in this petroleum development and pipeline project. Chad is a central African country bordered by Cameroon to the southwest. In the late 20th century, Chad and Cameroon are identified as two of the poorest countries in the world, facing numerous problems such as the lack of safe drinking water, rampant disease and limited access to electricity. The governments in both countries are corrupt and retained notorious record for their human rights. While Chad is struggling with internal conflict and turmoil between the south and the north, Cameroon is permeated by spreading fraud in its elections. Exxon spent 30 years to develop the oil fields at Doba in southern Chad to produce and transport oil. Due to the fact that Chad was landlocked, the Exxon Consortium signed an agreement with neighboring Cameroon to build an underground pipeline to carry the crude oil to a shipping terminal.

             By the 1990s, the World Bank was focusing on stimulating the economic development throughout the world, especially in poorer countries. The bank took an interest in this petroleum development and pipeline project in 1993 and commissioned the governments of Chad and Cameroon to analyze the pipeline’s effect and produce an environmental assessment plan. This Environmental Assessment Report not only identified potential environmental and social costs to both Chad and Cameroon but also reported that the impacts of the pipeline project would transform the economy of Chad and Cameroon and bring large benefits to reduce the poverty in these two countries.

Project Introduction

It was widely known that the oil resources were abundant in Chad since the Republic of Chad began their mass oil exploration work in 1975. After the Chad’s 1979 civil war, Exxon consortium signed a 30-year oil concession agreement with Chad in 1988. The project was planning on building a pipeline to ship and sell the oil to western countries. Since Chad is a landlocked country, Exxon consortium also signed an agreement with Chad’s neighborhood country Cameroon to build a 1,070 kilometer(approximately 600 miles) underground pipeline.

Pros and Cons

 In order to decide if it is suitable to stick to the project plan, we use the classic SWOT matrix, in other words strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, to make a trade off.