Prevalence of respiratory-related ailment among residents of gas flaring states in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Moneke, Anene N.; Ezeh, Chukwuemeka; Jennifer, Chinonye

doi:10.1007/s11869-022-01221-z

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“…This shows that Nigeria has worst case scenario of S. aureus colonization amongst hospitalized patients living in gas flaring environment and this is a worrying situation because of its association with respiratory infections [2] and the ease of accumulating antibiotic resistance of varied antimicrobial class. In a review and metaanalysis on respiratory-related ailment found among individual's resident in states where gas is flared in Nigeria carried out by Moneke et al, [23], Delta State ranked second with a percentage prevalence of 43%. Respiratory infection has been linked with lost or weakened immune defences [24].…”

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Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Patients Living and Admitted in a Hospital Located in a Gas Flaring Community

Egbule,

Ito,

Oyubu

et al. 2024

Int. J. Trop. Dis. Health.

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Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus is a colonizer of the nasal cavities of humans and can cause various infections under favourable conditions. A causal relationship between ambient air pollution and antibiotic resistance is beginning to unfold. Aim: The present study aimed to provide information on the prevalence and resistance pattern of S. aureus obtained from hospitalized patients living in a gas flaring location. Methodology: Nasal swab samples were obtained from 40 patients hospitalised and living in a gas flaring environment. Microbiological isolation and identification methods were utilized to identify Staphylococcus aureus. Antibiotic sensitivity was assessed for each of the isolate to various commonly prescribed antibiotics s as recommended by CLSI using the disk-diffusion method. Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) was determined using cefoxitin disc and oxacillin containing agar. Results: A total of 40 (100%) Staphylococcus aureus were isolated from the nasal swabs of hospitalized patients. A 72.5 %, 67.5% and 47.5% resistance of the isolates to penicillin, amoxicillin and cloxacillin was found when the samples were tested against these antibiotics. The percentage prevalence of 67.5% of S. aureus isolate were methicillin resistant by the cefoxitin disc method. This method was found to be more authentic than oxacillin disc methods. Multidrug resistance was observed in 75.0% of isolates. Conclusion: This high prevalence observed may not only be associated with misuse of antibiotics but may have been influenced by gas flaring activities, as the link between pollution and increased resistance has been provided in some earlier studies. We therefore join the call to end gas flaring.

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Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Patients Living and Admitted in a Hospital Located in a Gas Flaring Community

Egbule,

Ito,

Oyubu

et al. 2024

Int. J. Trop. Dis. Health.

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“…In the U.S., studies have investigated NOx from the oil and gas sector, deploying bottom-up accounting methods as well as airborne, ground, and satellite measurements and found regionally elevated NOx attributable to oil and gas (O&G) activities. − Dix et al estimated that 7% and 11% of NOx emissions in the Permian and Bakken were from flaring in 2015; however, the relative role was found to change depending on the stage of operation (i.e., drilling versus production) . While flaring is not the only source of NOx in O&G regions, recent works aim to investigate the direct impact of flaring on local air quality and human health. − On larger scales, temporal trends in flaring have been explored using various space-based data products. Gas volumes from flares observable from space are estimated across the globe using measurements from the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument. , Using nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) as a proxy for NOx, flaring trends have also been investigated using satellite retrievals in regions such as the Artic, Mexico, and Russia .…”

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In Situ Sampling of NOx Emissions from United States Natural Gas Flares Reveals Heavy-Tail Emission Characteristic

Plant,

Kort,

Gorchov Negron

et al. 2024

Environ. Sci. Technol.

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Natural gas flaring is a common practice employed in many United States (U.S.) oil and gas regions to dispose of gas associated with oil production. Combustion of predominantly hydrocarbon gas results in the production of nitrogen oxides (NOx). Here, we present a large field data set of in situ sampling of real world flares, quantifying flaring NOx production in major U.S. oil production regions: the Bakken, Eagle Ford, and Permian. We find that a single emission factor does not capture the range of the observed NOx emission factors within these regions. For all three regions, the median emission factors fall within the range of four emission factors used by the Texas Commission for Environmental Quality. In the Bakken and Permian, the distribution of emission factors exhibits a heavy tail such that basin-average emission factors are 2−3 times larger than the value employed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Extrapolation to basin scale emissions using auxiliary satellite assessments of flare volumes indicates that NOx emissions from flares are skewed, with 20%−30% of the flares responsible for 80% of basin-wide flaring NOx emissions. Efforts to reduce flaring volume through alternative gas capture methods would have a larger impact on the NOx oil and gas budget than current inventories indicate.

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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. 2024

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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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 identi ed from the literature search. The main causes of oil spills were identi ed as sabotage, oil theft, illegal re ning, 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 tra cking 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. IntroductionOil and gas industry remains the backbone of the Nigerian economy since it contributes over 90% of its revenues and about 45% of its GDP (Akinlo, 2012;Ekeghe, 2022). Elum et al. (2016) suggested that Nigeria's economic and political fortunes are strongly linked to crude oil. Thus, one can assume that without crude oil, the Nigerian economy might crumble.Presently, crude oil is produced in nine Southern States of Nigeria (Ejechi, 2022) and the federal government and select multinational companies are vested with the power to explore this resource. Thus, the oil-producing states and oil-host communities have little or no say in the crude-oil exploration decision-making process (Elum, 2016). However, this might change with the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) which was recently signed into law. Currently, little attention is being paid to the resultant detrimental impacts of such exploration ventures on the oil-producing communities in Nigeria. The environmental degradation of the ecosystem has resulted in widespread poverty and deprivation of resource advantages in the oil host communities (Elum, 2016). This has given rise to resentments of policies of the federal government by the residents, resulting in several cases of civil disturbance in the region (Apata, 2010).Environmental disasters in the oil and gas sector in Nigeria are cau...

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Prevalence of respiratory-related ailment among residents of gas flaring states in Nigeria: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Patients Living and Admitted in a Hospital Located in a Gas Flaring Community

Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Patients Living and Admitted in a Hospital Located in a Gas Flaring Community

In Situ Sampling of NOx Emissions from United States Natural Gas Flares Reveals Heavy-Tail Emission Characteristic

A systematic review of the impacts of oil spillage on residents of oil-producing communities in Nigeria

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