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Oil spill; environmental impact; Ogoniland; Niger Delta; Nigeria
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Oil Contamination In The Niger Delta, Jonas Pålsson, Olof Lindén
Oil Contamination In The Niger Delta, Jonas Pålsson, Olof Lindén
Jonas Pålsson
Oil spills in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has occurred frequently since oil extraction started in the 1950's. The oil spills originates from facilities and pipelines, leaks from ageing and abandoned infrastructure and from spills during transport and artisanal refining of stolen oil under primitive conditions. It is estimated that spills in Nigeria amount to 100 000 to 200 000 tons per year and have been doing so for almost 60 years. While a number of reports have been written about the Niger Delta and the civil unrest in this area during the last decades, very few scientific reports …