Table 1 Some Severely Oil Polluted Sites in
Table 1. Some Severely Oil Polluted Sites in the Niger Delta (Source; Kadafa, A. A. 2012) LOCATION BAYELSA STATE Biseni Etiama/Nembe Etebelu Peremabiri Adebawa Diebu Tebidaba Nembe creek Azuzuama DELTA STATE Opuekebe Jones creek Ugbeji Ughelli Jesse Ajato Ajala Uzere Afiesere Kwale Olomoro Ughelli Ekakpare Ughuvwughe Ekerejegbe Ozoro Odimodi Ogulagha Otorogu Macraba RIVERS Rumuokwurusi Rukpoku ENVIRONMENT IMPACTED AREA (ha) NATURE OF INCIDENCE Freshwater Swamp Forest Freshwater Swamp Forest/Mangrove Forest Mangrove 20 20 30 30 10 20 30 10 50 Oil Spillage & Fire Outbreak Oil Spill Incidence Oil Spill Incidence Barrier Forest Island Mangrove Forest Mangrove Freshwater Swamp Forest Freshwater Swamp Forest Freshwater Swamp Forest Mangrove Forest 50 35 2 10 8 Salt Water Intrusion Spillage & Burning Refinery Waste Oil Spillage-Well head leak Product leak/Burning Oil Spillage Incidence Oil Spillage Incidence QC Oil Spillage Incidence Oil Spillage Incidence Oil Spillage Incidence Freshwater Swamp 20 10 Oil Spillage C. I. C. Anyadiegwu et al. Benthic Studies and Environmental Assessment in the Oil Producing Area of the Niger Delta. American Journal of Environmental Protection, 2015, Vol. 3, No. 1, 37 -43. doi: 10. 12691/env-3 -1 -5 © The Author(s) 2015. Published by Science and Education Publishing.
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