Seeing A Solution

Oil Spill Cleanup and Poverty Alleviation

The Phoenix Project - Niger Delta envisions creating Enterprise Recovery and Empowerment Zones in the Niger Delta”

Cleaning up Oil Spills in the Niger Delta and building a sustainable enterprise community around the cleanup process.

This blog proposes a pilot project aimed at Creating Sustainable Enterprise Recovery and Empowerment Zones in the Niger Delta Employing a carbon negative, scale-able, cost effective and sustainable oil cleanup and reclamation process to enable the development of Sustainable Cleanup Zones that drive the development of indigenous entrepreneurial ventures created around the opportunities generated by the cleanup, and the profitable by-products of pyrolysis and electricity generation.  Additionally, research, capacity building and empowerment opportunities will be created; funded by the profit streams and catalyzed by the energy and creativity of the partner organizations and other local individuals, businesses and organizations.

We believe that this venture will not only yield enough revenues for the next cleanup but also generate a small profit over and above the cost of financing the next spill.