Beyond Oil Spill Cleanup, Abandoned Infrastructures Affect the Environment Too – A case study of the Lived Experiences of the Niger Delta People

Crayton, Mac-Jane; Naher, Nurun

doi:10.1177/1087724x221128824

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“…The socio-economic impacts of oil spills in these oil-producing communities were reported to affect their sources of livelihood (Amusa et al, 2021;Inoni et al, 2006;Osuagwu & Olaifa, 2018), leading to the abandonment of their basic infrastructures (Crayton & Naher, 2022;Olalekan et al, 2018), and impacted social environment (Albert et al, 2019;Brown & Tari, 2015). According to Umar et al (2021), pipeline interference has also impacted on federal government revenue due to reduction in the amount of crude available for export.…”

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A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Oil Spillage on Residents of Oil-Producing Communities in Nigeria

Ezeh

Onyema

Obi

et al. 2023

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Oil spillage is common in oil-producing communities of Nigeria and it impacts negatively on the lives of the residents of these communities. This study analysed available research data on oil spillage incidents in these communities to determine the main causes of the spillage and its impacts on the residents. A systematic review of published studies was carried out and 20 studies were identified from the literature search. The main causes of oil spills were identified as sabotage, oil theft, illegal refining, mystery spill, operational failures, and corrosion. Over 70% of the spillages were discovered to be as a result of sabotage by restive youths. Oil spillage was found to impact on the health, source of livelihood, food security, basic amenities, and socio-economic state of the residents. The major interventions were initiated by multinational companies and were targeted at improving health services, education, infrastructure, skill acquisition, and employment, which will in turn reduce the occurrence of violence, insurgency, and human trafficking in the oil-producing communities. This study highlights the immediate and long-term consequences of oil spills on the residents of oil-host communities in Nigeria. The causes of the spills were attributed mainly to the inaction of government regulatory agencies in oil exploration. Thus, it is recommended that government regulatory agencies should be revamped and repositioned to effectively perform their duties. Interventions should be targeted at addressing the causes of the agitation of the indigenes by involving them in the decision-making process. Also, an appropriate remediation strategy should be adopted to clean up the oil spills.

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Section: Policy Measures Available For Mitigating the Incidence Oil S...mentioning

confidence: 99%

A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Oil Spillage on Residents of Oil-Producing Communities in Nigeria

Ezeh

Onyema

Obi

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…The pipeline transport system was created as a result of the discovery of the natural resource crude oil, which gave rise to additional reasons to plan for the transportation of crude oils. Gases, liquids, or semiliquid products like crude oil are transported throughout the nation via pipeline transport systems through tunnels or tubes [8].…”

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“…A pipeline is a highly specialised kind of transportation that encompasses all aspects of a transportation system, including the physical layout, travel direction, and, of course, the destination [8]. This pipeline transport system's network spans the whole nation's territory, allowing for the movement of crude oil from the refinery to the point where it will be utilised as a raw material or exported to other nations [8]. Due to the valuable natural resources it delivers, pipelines are buried roughly 1 to 1.5 metres below the surface to prevent interaction with other uses of the land or potential harm.…”

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“…Most pipeline transport systems get their names from a particular project; examples are Escravos-Lagos Pipeline System (ELP), Offshore Gas Gathering System (OGGS), and Trans-Nigeria Pipeline. To maintain a consistent supply of crude oil to all required locations across the nation, more pipelines are being built every day [8]. In Nigeria, there are around 5001 kilometers of pipelines.…”

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Modelling the Implications of Oil Pipeline Vandalism on the Nigeria Economy: A Case Study of Niger Delta Region

Edun¹,

Olaniyi²,

Lawani³

2023

IJIBS

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The purpose of this paper is to establish a management approach that may address the problems caused by oil pipeline vandalism in Nigeria, with a particular emphasis on the Niger-Delta pipeline vandalism. The vast majority of the Nigerian federal government's income come from the Niger-Delta area. However, because of the oil spill from the oil pipeline vandalism and the oil and gas operations of oil companies, this region experiences a variety of deteriorating problems, such as poverty, unemployment, environmental degradation, and lack of infrastructure, displacement of indigenes. This paper aims to critically analyse the various manifestations of oil pipeline vandalism in the Delta region of Nigeria, the potential causes of these oil pipeline vandalism, and the consequences of these oil pipeline vandalism in order to develop a comprehensive understanding of the issue and make recommendations to address the problems identified. The paper used a systems thinking (ST) approach, which is necessary for capturing the involvement of host communities and oil and gas companies in causing oil spillages in the Niger Delta region. The oil pipeline vandalism in the Niger Delta is the result of complex interactions between host communities, oil and gas activities, and the surrounding environments. ST is a qualitative technique that seeks to understand this relationship holistically. In order to convey unbiased insights and understanding of the causes of oil pipeline vandalism as experienced in the Niger Delta, ST enables the application of Causal Loop Diagram (CLD) usage to capture the problem as a whole. The data collected from the literature review were analysed using computerised simulation software as Stella Architect®. Additionally, data were analysed to draw the conclusion that oil pipeline vandalism is a significant cause of oil spills in Niger Delta region, which has resulted in an ongoing rise in oil pipeline incidents, deaths from fire explosions, and negative socio-economic effects. However, the main motivation for oil pipeline vandalism is the need for the inhabitants to survive since the government and oil and gas companies have fallen short of their residents' expectations. Therefore, this paper concluded that there is need for a sustainable management strategy that can handle the issues of oil pipeline vandalism in the oil-producing region using the Nigeria Niger Delta as a case study.

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“…The depth of crude oil exploration activities in this region manifests that Nigeria obtains over 80% of its national income from crude oil [4]. Due to the contamination of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria with considerable amounts of heavy metals as a result of crude oil spills, the inhabitants of this region may most likely be at risk of heavy metal toxicity, inclusive of aquatic species [6].…”

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Heavy Metals Pollution and Other Physicochemical Parameters in the Crude Oil-Impacted Santa Barbara River and Environs, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

B.,

U. O.,

S. I.

2024

African Journal of Biology and Medical Research

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Higher levels of heavy metals in aquatic environments are most likely influenced by crude oil spills which may induce significant risk of heavy metal toxicity in aquatic species and humans. This research evaluated the levels of heavy metals and other physicochemical parameters in the crude oil-impacted Santa-Barbara River and environs of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Heavy metals and other physicochemical parameters were examined using standard methods. Heavy metal pollution status was then deduced with standard pollution indicators. The water and fish samples collected from crude oil-impacted Santa Barbara River were heavily and moderately contaminated with iron, respectively (Igeo index = 4.29 and 2.87 for water and fish, respectively) and highly polluted with examined heavy metals (PLI = 4.29 and 1.13 for water and fish, respectively). The water samples from hand-dug wells were moderately contaminated with iron (Igeo index = 2.87) with overall low pollution by heavy metals (PLI = 0.46), while fish sold in neighboring communities was moderately contaminated with iron (Igeo index = 2.98) with overall moderate pollution by heavy metals (PLI = 0.86). However, potential ecological risks mediated by examining heavy metals in all water and fish samples were generally low (RI < 40). The total dissolved solids, biochemical oxygen demand, nitrate and phosphate concentrations in all water samples were within permissible limits of WHO and FEPA. The ecological risks associated with water and fish from all sampling locations were deduced as low, mainly because iron was the most abundant heavy metal contaminant with no significant toxic response.

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Beyond Oil Spill Cleanup, Abandoned Infrastructures Affect the Environment Too – A case study of the Lived Experiences of the Niger Delta People

Cited by 7 publications

References 17 publications

A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Oil Spillage on Residents of Oil-Producing Communities in Nigeria

A Systematic Review of the Impacts of Oil Spillage on Residents of Oil-Producing Communities in Nigeria

Modelling the Implications of Oil Pipeline Vandalism on the Nigeria Economy: A Case Study of Niger Delta Region

Heavy Metals Pollution and Other Physicochemical Parameters in the Crude Oil-Impacted Santa Barbara River and Environs, Bayelsa State, Nigeria

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