This study was aimed at assessing the locational compliance status of petroleum handling facilities in the Niger Delta to the specifications of the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) locational standards. A cross-sectional research design was employed using a Standard checklist of seventeen compliance specifications of NUPRC. A walk-through survey was carried out in 118 identified facilities in three locations: Eket in Akwa-Ibom State, Port Harcourt in Rivers State and Warri in Delta State, respectively. The data obtained were analyzed using inferential and descriptive statistics, Kendall Tau-B and Principal Component analyses. The results indicate that the Petroleum Product facilities complied with 6 (35.29%) out of 17 specifications while 11 (64.70%) specifications were violated. Locations compliance of stations in the Niger Delta region is generally poor, but Stations in Port Harcourt recorded a higher compliance rate compared to Eket and Warri. Results of Kendall's tau-b and Principal Component analysis indicated positive association between all the land space locational compliances. This study attributes the poor compliance rate to rapid urbanization, overpopulation, proliferation of filling stations and poor monitoring by regulatory agencies. It is recommended that, NUPRC should improve its monitoring and enforce regulatory operational specifications.
This study is an evaluation of the level of fire and explosion risks in petroleum handling facilities in the Niger Delta Region, Nigeria. A descriptive cross-sectional research design was employed using Stratified & Purposive sampling techniques for data collection. A Standard checklist of 17 compliance specifications of Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) was adopted and a walk-through survey was carried out in 118 identified facilities in 3 urban locations: Eket, Port Harcourt and Warri, respectively. Inferential and descriptive statistics were analysed using XLSTAT version 17,and the level of risk calculated as the product of the likelihood of the hazard occurring and its consequence (Severity). The level of Risk was then rated on a 5x5 Risk Assessment Matrix. The result obtained revealed that 95.37% of the 118 stations sampled rated from Medium to High Risk. This calls for a great concern and urgent need for intervention. It is therefore recommended that Facility owners should demonstrate more seriousness to safety policies; provide adequate safety measures to safeguard their facilities and engage qualified Safety officers to carry out Facility specific Fire and explosion risk assessments and manage their safety concerns.
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