Prepared for the Workshop on Oil and Human Rights in Southeast Asia and Africa
31 January 2003
University of California, Berkeley

Links on Oil, Environment and Human Rights

This page will be continually under construction. Please suggest links.

East Timor

East Timor ~ Background and Links. Compiled for a Seminar Online on Debt by Communications for a Sustainable Future at the University of Colorado, Boulder: http://csf.colorado.edu/debt/indonesia/east_timor.html

BACK DOOR Newsletter on East Timor ~ The TIMOR OIL Collection. A collection of recent Reports, Position statements, Petitions, Articles and News relating to East Timor's oil and gas resources: http://www.tip.net.au/~wildwood/timorgap.htm

The East Timor Action Network/U.S: http://www.etan.org/

La'o Hamutuk ~ The East Timor Institute for Reconstruction Monitoring and Analysis: http://www.etan.org/lh/

Other papers on East Timor, Oil and Human Rights

Oxfam (Australia) Community Aid Abroad, The Timor Gap Treaty - Where to now?, Briefing paper No. 25, February 2000.
http://www.caa.org.au/publications/briefing/timor_gap_treaty/index.html

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Indonesia

Indonesia Central Bureau of Statistics: http://www.bps.go.id/index.shtml

Indonesian Ministry of Mines and Energy: http://www.djpu.com

Pertamina: http://www.pertamina.com

US Energy Information Agency, Indonesia Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/indonesia.html

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Malaysia

Department of Statistics, Malaysia: http://www.statistics.gov.my

Bernama News Agency: http://www.bernama.com

US Energy Information Agency, Malaysia Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/malaysia.html

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Nigeria

Nigeria Page on Africa South of the Sahara Web Site: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/nigeria.html

Urhobo Historical Society. The Environment - Niger Delta Reports on Petroleum Oil Fire Disasters, 1998-2000, Oil and Gas Pipelines Problems and Water Management Problems in the Niger Delta, Pollution Caused by Petroleum Exploration, etc.: http://waado.org/Environment/EnvironmentPage.html

(S)hell UK: http://www.kemptown.org/shell/intro.html

Sierra Club Campaign for Nigeria: http://www.sierraclub.org/human-rights/nigeria/

Pacifica Radio – Voices from the Nigerian Resistance: http://www.pacifica.org/programs/nigeria

US Energy Information Agency, Nigeria Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/nigeria.html

Other papers on Nigeria, Oil and Human Rights

Report from Essential Action and Global Exchange, Oil For Nothing: Multinational Corporations, Environmental Destruction, Death and Impunity in the Niger Delta, January 25, 2000
http://www.essentialaction.org/shell/report/index.html

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Sudan

Maps~ Oil and Human Rights in Central and Southern Sudan: a geographic resource: http://www.RightsMaps.com/html/sudmap1.html

Sudan Page on Africa South of the Sahara Web Site: http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/sudan.html

Human Rights Watch Sudan page: http://www.hrw.org/africa/sudan.php

Human Rights Watch World Report, Sudan Chapter 2001: http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/africa12.html

October 2001 Resource Page for Report of an Investigation into Oil Development, Conflict and Displacement in Western Upper Nile, Sudan. Commissioned by the Canadian Auto Workers Union, Steelworkers Humanity Fund, The Simons Foundation, United Church of Canada, Division of World Outreach, and World Vision Canada. Includes maps, full reports, maps, press releases and newspaper articles.
http://www.ideationconferences.com/sudanreport2001/resourcepage.htm

Corporate Responsibility: Talisman-Sudan Project. Since 1998, TCCR has coordinated an Investor Responsibility Project aimed at persuading Talisman Energy Inc. of Calgary to agree to independent verification of its operations in Sudan for compliance with international human rights standards. http://www.web.net/~tccr/CorpResp/talisman-main.htm

Sudan Net. News, Discussion Boards, Fast Facts, Society and Culture, Travel, Weather and other links. http://www.sudan.net/

ViTrade Global Financial Risk Analysis: www.vitrade.com

South Sudanese Friends International: http://www.southsudanfriends.org

International Crisis Group, Sudan Project: http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/project.cfm?subtypeid=21

US Energy Information Agency, Sudan Page: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/sudan.html

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Other papers on Sudan, Oil and Human Rights

Shannon Field, "The oil industry fueling civil war in Sudan" Global Dialogue Volume 4.3 December 1999.
http://www.igd.org.za/publications/global_dialogue/africa/civilwar.html

Shannon Field, The Civil War in Sudan: The role of the oil industry. Occasional Papers, The Institute for Global Dialogue, February 2000.
http://www.igd.org.za/publications/occasional.html#22

Georgette Gagnon, "The Canadian Assessment Mission to Sudan Summary of Special Presentation to the TCCR Board Meeting." Corporate Responsibility: Talisman-Sudan Project, 17 February 2000.
http://www.web.net/~tccr/CorpResp/talisman-Gagnon%20report.htm

International Crisis Group, (primary author, John Prendergast), God, Oil and Country: Changing the Logic of War in Sudan. 28 January 2002.
http://www.crisisweb.org/projects/africa/sudan/reports/A400534_28012002.pdf

Endre Stiansen, GOS Revenue, Oil and the Cost of the Civil War, June 2002
http://www.bicc.de/general/events/sudanws/6stiansen5June02.pdf

Amnesty International, Sudan: The Human Price of Oil, 3 May 2000
http://www.web.amnesty.org/ai.nsf/index/AFR540012000

Center for Security Policy, 'Classic Clinton': Like Canada, U.S. refuses to Sanction Sudan's Foreign Oil Partners -- But Pretends to Do So," Publication No. 00-F 10, 16 February 2000
http://www.security-policy.org/papers/2000/00-F10.html

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General

Kristen Reed, UCB Environmental Science, Policy and Managent Doctoral Graduate Student - Interviewed by UCB Chancellor Robert Berdahl about her 2003 Summer predissertation research in Angola on the effects of oil extraction on the local environment and population. The interview was part of the September 2003 program Bear in Mind broadcast on UCTV and archived for viewing on demand. This research was funded by a Rocca Predissertation grant and a Human Rights Center Summer Fellow grant. (Her appearance in the program begins at 17:15)
http://www.uctv.tv/library2.asp?showID=8212

Governmental Agencies and International Organizations

International Energy Administration (autonomous agency linked with OECD): http://www.iea.org/

United States Energy Information Agency: http://www.eia.doe.gov/

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Related Non-Governmental Organizations

Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org/

Project Underground: http://www.moles.org/index.html

Oil and Gas Accountability Project (Domestic) : http://www.ogap.org/

The Data Center: http://www.datacenter.org/ Impact research for social justice.

Stop ExxonMobil Campaign: http://www.pacificenvironment.org/stopexxonmobil/

Alliance for Democracy : http://www.thealliancefordemocracy.org/

Sustainable Energy and Economy Network: http://www.seen.org/ (Check out their new report: Transnational Corporate Beneficiaries of World Bank Group Fossil Fuel Projects, 1992-2002.)

The Business and Human Rights Resource Center: http://www.business-humanrights.org/

OilWatch International : http://www.oilwatch.org.ec/

Friends of the Earth International : http://www.foe.org

Transparency International : http://www.transparency.org

Global Witness : http://www.globalwitness.org

Publish What You Pay : http://www.publishwhatyoupay.org

CorpWatch: http://www.corpwatch.org

Human Rights Watch: http://www.hrw.org

Amnesty International: http://www.amnesty.org

World Council of Churches : http://www.wcc-coe.org/

Catholic Relief Services: http://www.catholicrelief.org

Industry-Specific Information

Bloomberg Energy News: http://www.bloomberg.com/energy/

Hoover's Online: http://www.hoovers.com

Lundberg Survey of U.S. petroleum and related industries: http://www.lundbergsurvey.com/

Mbendi: http://www.mbendi.co.za

Oil & Gas Journal: http://ogj.pennnet.com/

Oil News: http://www.oilnews.com/

Oil Online: http://www.oilonline.com/

Oil Survey: http://www.oilsurvey.com/index.html

Oil.com: http://www.oil.com

OPEC News: http://www.opecnews.com/

Pipeline and Gas Industry: http://www.pipe-line.com/

PR Newswire Oil Industry: http://www.prnewswire.com/prn/owa/keysearch_ind_sub?last=&indust=OIL&state=&subject=

Reuters Energy Industry News: http://www.commods.reuters.com/news/energy/index.html

Statistical Review of World Energy from BP: http://www.bp.com/centres/energy/index.asp

World Energy News: http://www.worldenergynews.com/

World Oil.com: http://www.worldoil.com/Magazine/

Yahoo oil & gas news: http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/Business/Oil_and_Gas/

Energy Intelligence Group: http://www.energyintel.com

Petroleum Economist: http://www.petroleum-economist.com

Industry Associations

American Petroleum Institute: http://www.api.org

National Petroleum Council: http://www.npc.org/

Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries: http://www.opec.org/

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Thanks to Kristen Reed for supplying numerous links.

Last updated 11/17/03