EVALUATION OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DELIVERY IN NIGERIA

dc.contributor.authorBENARD, Ayabina Ebikela
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-12T11:25:59Z
dc.date.available2017-07-12T11:25:59Z
dc.date.issued2014-03
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS IN OIL AND GAS OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe perennial problem of petroleum products scarcity in Nigeria has instigated technocrats and scholars to take a critical look into the distribution system of petroleum products in the country. Seeing that other countries are exploiting the advantage of using railway transportation for distributing petroleum products this research project examines the suitability of distributing petroleum products through railway transportation in Nigeria. By employing the use of questionnaires, feedback was obtained from technocrats in the oil industry. Major stakeholders covered included the Retail outlets, Jetty, Refinery, Product depot and Tanker drivers. The results obtained were compared with those from a study of the Indian and American rail transport systems. It was found that rail transport will play a healthy role in the transport of petroleum products since it is safe and fast and has a potential of buffering the stress on the other modes of transportation and bringing sustained stability in the oil and gas sector of the Nigerian economy. Recommendations were made for the revitalization of the rail transport system and channelling resources into research on areas that will bring about a total overhauling of the system.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/9051
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectEVALUATION,en_US
dc.subjectRAIL TRANSPORTATION,en_US
dc.subjectPETROLEUM PRODUCTS DELIVERY,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titleEVALUATION OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION FOR PETROLEUM PRODUCTS DELIVERY IN NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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