PIPELINE TRANSPORTATION AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE TO THE MARKETING OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN NIGERIA

(A CASE STUDY OF NNPC ENUGU AND PORT-HARCOURT)

By

OGBONNA STANLEY .A

Presented To

Department of Marketing

This Research examined the relevance of Pipeline transportation to the marketing of Petroleum products in Nigeria.  Toward this end 83 staff of the Nigeria national Petroleum Corporation (NNPC)’s offices in Enugu and Port-Harcourt were randomly selected to form the study sample.  The 83 members of the study sample were given 83 copies of structured questionnaires to complete.  Their responses were used to test four hypotheses formulated for this study.  The result of the test/analyses revealed the following findings.

i.    The use of Pipelines facilitates the effective distribution and marketing of petroleum products in Nigeria.
ii.    Pipelines reduce the costs of transporting and marketing petroleum products in Nigeria.
iii.    Pipeline vandalisation is the major problem impeding the effective use of Pipelines for the distribution and marketing of petroleum products in Nigeria.
iv.    The use of alarm systems and police patrol will reduce the incidence of pipeline vandalization in Nigeria.

Title Page                                    i
Approval Page                                ii
Dedication                                    iii
Acknowledgement                                iv
Table of Contents                                v
List of Tables                                viii
Abstract                                    x

CHAPTER ONE  
INTRODUCTION                            1
1.1    Background of the Study                        1
1.2    Statement of the Problem                        5
1.3    Objectives of the Study                        6
1.4    Research Hypothesis                        6
1.5    Significance of the Study                        8
1.6    Scope And Delimitations of the Study                8

CHAPTER TWO             
LITERATURE REVIEW                    
2.1    Historical developments of pipeline transportation        9
2.2    The features of pipeline                         13
2.3    Pipeline transportation and the marketing
of petroleum products in Nigeria                19
2.4    Impediments to pipeline transportation in nigeria            22
2.5    Prospects of pipeline transportation in nigeria        25
2.6    Summary of Related Literature Review            30

CHAPTER THREE  
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY                    32
3.1    Research Design                            32
3.2    Are of the Study                            32
3.3    Sources of data                            33
3.4    Population of the Study                        33
3.5    Sample size and Sampling Method                34
3.6    Instrument for Data Collection                    35
3.7    Validity of the Instrument                    36
3.8    Reliability of the Instrument                    36
3.9    Method of Data Collection                    37
3.10    Method of Data Analysis                        37

CHAPTER FOUR
DATA PRESENTATION AND RESULTS            38
4.1    Data Analysis                            38
4.2    Summary of Results.                        50

CHAPTER FIVE
DISCUSSION OF RESULTS, CONCLUSIONS AND     RECOMMENDATIONS                   51
5.1    Discussion of Result                        51
5.2    Conclusions                                53
5.3    Recommendation                            54
5.4    Suggestions for Further Studies                    54
5.5    Limitations of the Study                        55
References                                56
Appendix (the questionnaire)                    58

 
LIST OF TABLES
Table 2.1
Table 4.1            Sex of Respondent
Table 4.2            Age of Respondent
Table 4.3            Occupational Status of Respondent
Table 4.4    Observations made on the Respondents as to whether or not Pipelines are reliable means of Distributing and Marketing of Petroleum Products.
Table 4.5    Observations made on the Respondents as to whether or not Pipelines reduce the cost of Transporting/Marketing of Petroleum Products.
Table 4.6    Observations made on the Respondents as to whether or not Pipeline Vandalisation impedes Effective Marketing/Distribution of Petroleum Products.
Table 4.7    Observations made on the Respondents as to whether or not the use of Alarm system and police patrol will reduce the incidence of Pipelines vandalization in Nigeria.