Annually, approximately 35 million barrels petroleum has been transport across the world which is an important source of oil contamination (Zaki et al. 2015).
More than three-fifths of the electricity generated in Togo is hydroelectric, although petroleum is also an important source of energy.
Bioenergy has been recognized as an important source of energy that will reduce nation's dependency on petroleum, and have a positive impact on the economy, environment, and society.
Petroleum, first discovered in 1956, is the most important source of government revenue and foreign exchange its share of the gross domestic product rose from virtually nothing in the 1950s to about two-fifths in the late 1990s.
Important sources of energy include fossil fuels (coal, petroleum, gas), wind, sunlight, falling water, and nuclear fission.
The biggest winner of all, though, might be China's Peoples Liberation Army, which would have a compelling reason for extending its presence outside of East Asia in order to secure the Middle Kingdom's most important foreign sources of petroleum.
