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Stories by Greg Campbell
The Price of a Barrel of Oil
Posted on May 15, 2001, Source: Boulder Weekly
Foreign oil companies in the Niger Delta region are finding it cheaper to "flare off the gas" -- a technique of oil drilling that lights up the sky with wasted energy. Meanwhile, Nigerian villagers go without electricity.