West African Gas Pipeline Project

Official Documents

• West Africa Gas Pipeline Company public documents (WAPCo website) 
• US Department of Energy Map, Energy Information Administration, March 2003 (DOE website)
• Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet, World Bank, December 17, 2003 (Acrobat PDF 52KB)
• Project Information Document, World Bank, November 21, 2004, (Acrobat PDF 35KB)
• West Africa Gas Pipeline project overview, Energy Information Administration, March 2003 (EIA website)

inspection panel claim documents

The Inspection Panel has posted a list of documents related to the inspection claim process on its website. For these documents, see the Inspection Panel website

• Request for inspection, April 2006 (Acrobat pdf 1.31 MB)
• Management's Response to request for inspection, June 2006 (Acrobat pdf 215 KB)
• Inspection Panel Eligibility report and recommendation, July 2006 (Acrobat pdf 72.7 KB)
• Statement of support for Inspection Panel request, submitted by Friends of the Earth-Ghana on June 9, 2006 (Acrobat pdf 568 KB)
• Management's response to FOE-Ghana statement of support (Acrobat pdf 21 KB)
• Inspection Panel Investigation Report, April 2008 (Acrobat PDF 16.5 MB)
• Management Report and Action Plan, June 2008 (Acrobat PDF 489 KB)

Civil Society Analysis

• Trade and Human Rights in the Niger Delta by Nnimmo Bassey, June 1, 2006 (Pambazuka website)
• The Myths of the West African Gas Pipeline, Friends of the Earth International, January 2006 (Acrobat pdf 1.43 MB)
• PIPE DREAMS series (ERA website)
• Conflicts, Participation Transparency, July 29, 2005 
• No Carbon Credits for the West Africa Gas Pipeline (ERA website)
• West Africa Gas Pipeline is Energy Enslavement, September 2005  (ERA website)
• The West Africa Gas Pipeline Project: Why Parliament must not ratify the agreement by Kofi Asante, August 16, 2004 (Ghanaweb website)
• Statement on Chevron Operations: Threat to Itsekeri Nations’ Survival in the Niger Delta Region, Itsekeri Community Development Network, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 107 KB)
• A $400 Million Pipe Dream: The West African Gas Pipeline Project, by Leslie Fields, Friends of the Earth Newsletter, Fall 2003 (FoE website)
• Letter from ERA to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) , Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) , Abuja, Nigeria, regarding the EIA and Scoping Report, June 2, 2003 (Acrobat pdf 94 KB)
• Summary Observations/Comments on West African Gas Pipeline, Environmental Impact Assessment Preliminary Terms of Reference (WAGP EIA TOR) and Scoping Report, Environmental Right Action, June 2003 (Acrobat pdf 129 KB)
• Poverty Reduction or Poverty Exacerbation? World Bank Group Support for Extractive Industries in Africa, Scott Pegg, IUPUI, April 2003 (Acrobat pdf 1 MB). Also available: Français (560 KB)
• A Ghanaian Perspective on the WAGP, Urhobo Historical Society, December 17, 2001 (UHS website)
• Commentary on World Bank response to a civil society petition on WAGP and admission of WBG involvement in WAGP feasibility studies, ERA and FoE-Ghana, March 15, 2001 (UHS website)
• Communique of the "Information and Consultative Meeting on the West African Gas Pipeline" held at Warri, Delta State, Nigeria, March 14-15, 2000
• PIPEDREAM: The West African Gas Pipeline Project and the Environment, ERA Nigeria, 2000 (ERA Nigeria website)
• West Africa Gas Pipeline: Promise or Pain?, FoE Ghana and FoE USA, Oct/Dec 1999 (FoE website)

Correspondence

• Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin Sign Treaty on $500 M West African Gas Project, from All Africa Global Media, February 1, 2003 (NEXANT website)
• Letter from World Bank to Mr. Isaac Osuoko of Environmental Rights Action/Oilwatch Africa Network, replying to petition regarding West Africa Gas Pipeline, March 1, 2001 (UHS website)

Press

• Press Release: World Bank acknowledges serious flaws in West African Gas Pipeline, Environmental Rights Action, Bank Information Center, August 5, 2008 (BIC website)
• World Bank probes Chevron Nigeria pipeline for violations, Associated Press, July 13, 2007 (IHT website)
• World Bank panel probing West Africa gas pipeline, Reuters, July 13, 2007 (Reuters website)
• Press Release: Chevron's Nigeria pipeline under investigation, Environmental Rights Action, Friends of the Earth-International, Bank Information Center, July 13, 2007 (BIC website)
• New Pipeline a "Recipe for Disaster", Locals Say by Emad Mekay, Inter Press Service News Agency, April 27, 2006 (IPS website)
• Press Release: Nigerian communities challenge World Bank's Africa Gas Pipeline, Environmental Rights Action, April 27, 2006 (FOE-I website)
• Nigeria, Ghana, Togo and Benin Sign Treaty on $500 M West African Gas Project, from All Africa Global Media, February 1, 2003 (NEXANT website)
• Press Release: Protest Against West Africa Gas Pipeline Shifts to the Law Court, Environmental Rights Action, March 29, 2004 (Acrobat pdf 57 KB)
• Ghana: War of words over West African Gas Pipeline, Africa Online article, November 26, 2001 (Modern Ghana website)
• USAID press release, August 11, 1999 (USAID website)

Useful Web Pages

• World Bank's West African Gas Pipeline Project page contains project status and all project documents available to the public.
• Friends of the Earth International WAGP page