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Mining and Water, DAAD Alumni Expert Seminar - Proceedings
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Merkel, Broder J. Schipek, Mandy |
| Copyright Year | 2009 |
| Abstract | The large-scale exploitation of petroleum resources from the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has adversely affected the ecological balance of the area and created serious social and environmental problems for the local inhabitants. Decades of oil and gas extraction by oil companies operating in the region has not only resulted in the destruction of farmlands, forests, fishponds and other sources of livelihoods, it has also led to the pollution of local sources of drinking water such rivers and streams. Between 1976 and 2000 a total of 6,141 environmental accidents recorded from the oil industry in the region resulted in the spillage of approximately 3,019,465.90 barrels of crude oil into the surrounding environment, rivers and stream, thus polluting the people’s sources of water. A comparative environmental performance study of three multinational oil companies operating in the Niger Delta also indicated that between 1991 and 2002, 3,544 cases of environmental pollution were reported, resulting in the spillage of 355,809 barrels of crude oil into the Niger Delta environment. Out of these incidents, production factors were responsible for 41.6%, sabotage/theft accounted for 35% followed by corrosion 19.9%. Other operational factors accounted for 1.7%, engineering related factors accounted for 0.4% and drilling contributed 0.4% of the oil spillages. Sadly, most of theses environmental accidents emanating from the Nigerian oil industry end up spewing crude oil and other industrial effluents into the surrounding rivers and streams, which the local people depend on for drinking, cooking and other domestic uses. This paper examines the social and environmental problems associated with oil and gas extraction in Nigeria, especially the incessant pollution of local sources of water by oil and gas companies operating in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria and makes some recommends on how to tackle the menace through adequate monitoring and appropriate legal frameworks. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.23689/fidgeo-893 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.geo.tu-freiberg.de/fog/FOG_Vol_24.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://e-docs.geo-leo.de/bitstream/handle/11858/00-1735-0000-0001-4433-6/FOG_Vol_24.pdf;jsessionid=753787F41D6D6F177221FA3A34DF6135?sequence=1 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.23689/fidgeo-893 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
