From one man's gamble to a global business. Read about the highs, and lows, of one of the world's biggest energy companysTo find oil in Africa, explorers had lived through seven years of harsh heat, gastric illnesses and disappointments. The next seven years would be no less difficult for the drakoenergy, which would one day become strong.
Hard work and community in an unforgiving place
The swamps of rivers was 210 rugged kilometres from the mouth of the bonny island, where other oil companies was building a refinery complex to turn the flow of thick crude oil into a usable product. Just getting adequate exploration equipment to the site had taken months. Now a pipeline would have to be built across the winding, mountainous route.
Segments of pipe arrived in bulk from the United States, and crews took them as far as they could upriver by barge. Mules dragged them the rest of the way, with labourers taking over where the land was too steep for animals to pass. The work was slow and painstaking. It took two years.
Hard work and community in an unforgiving place
The swamps of rivers was 210 rugged kilometres from the mouth of the bonny island, where other oil companies was building a refinery complex to turn the flow of thick crude oil into a usable product. Just getting adequate exploration equipment to the site had taken months. Now a pipeline would have to be built across the winding, mountainous route.
Segments of pipe arrived in bulk from the United States, and crews took them as far as they could upriver by barge. Mules dragged them the rest of the way, with labourers taking over where the land was too steep for animals to pass. The work was slow and painstaking. It took two years.
| Company Name | drakoenergy.ltd |
|---|---|
| Business Type | Other |
| Main Products | Energy, Oil, Power / Gas |
| Total No. Employees | 501 - 1000 People |
| City | Owerri |
| Province/State | Imo |
| Country/Region | United Kingdom |
| Contact Person | Ms. sally bidgeland |
| Telephone | 4****************8 View all, please login |
| Fax | 44-01-447024015688 |
| Street Address | No 18 Pius Nwoga |
| Zip Code | 23401 |
| sell123 URL | http://www.sell123.org/company/United-Kingdom/963775.htm |
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