Environmental Degradation Associated With Crude Oil Related Activities In The Niger Delta.
Journal Title: International Journal of engineering Research and Applications - Year 2017, Vol 7, Issue 12
Abstract
The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has, for decades, faced unprecedented environmental challenges due to the combined effects of oil spill and gas flaring resulting in biodiversity loss. As put by (Ogwu, et al, 2015),due to petroleum pollution, the area is now characterized by contaminated streams and rivers, forest destruction and biodiversity loss, and in general the area is an ecological waste land. Following the incessant oil spill and uncontrollable gas flaring, the paper sought to establish the fact that reengineering the existing management approach by adopting better implementation strategy and ensuring strict compliance to extant environmental laws and regulations will to a large extent address the teething environmental problems being faced in that region. The paper adopted the descriptive research method, sourcing data from Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Shell (SPDC), and Fourth National Biodiversity Report (2010) on biodiversity conservation and legislations. It was discovered that sabotage is the chief cause of spill, followed by equipment failure, while for gas flaring, within a period of seven years (2001-2007), the average gas utilization was 58.37% and the average flared was 41.63% (almost 50%).This was seen, both as a colossal economic waste in the face of excruciating scarcity and a devastating blow on the environment-a double tragedy. The paper, therefore, recommends, among other relevant approaches, a re-engineering of the current management strategiesto nip the problem at the bud.
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Iloeje . , Amechi Francis
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