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On May 1, 2010, a ruptured ExxonMobil pipeline in the state of Akwa Ibom, Nigeria, spilled more than a million gallons into the delta and contributed to the major environmental issues in the Niger Delta. [1] The spill had occurred at an Exxon platform some 20–25 miles (32–40 km) offshore which feeds the Qua Iboe oil export terminal. [2]
7 August 2010 – 9 August 2010 400: 800 [146] [147] [148] Barataria Bay oil spill ... Shell Bodo pipeline oil spill Nigeria: 1 August 2008: 1,000: 1,000: Royal Dutch ...
In 2010 the Nigerial government warned ExxonMobil after a series of offshore oil spills. According to Reuters, "Africa’s biggest energy producer has had just over 2,400 oil spills involving its foreign oil partners since 2006, according to the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), most of them onshore in the Niger Delta’s creeks."
The Mobil Nigeria oil spill occurred in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria, on 12 January 1998, when a pipeline in Mobil's Idoho platform burst underwater, sending 40,000 barrels of oil spilling into the ocean. [1] Drifting westwards, the oil covered 850 km of Nigerian coastline, contaminating waters and negatively impacting fishing in the region.
After billions of dollars spent and many years working to define itself as an energy company that protects the environment by going "beyond petroleum," last month's oil rig explosion and ...
An oil spill in the fishing village of Kegbara-Dere, Rivers State on the Niger Delta. In 2016 Shell paid US$80 million for the spill [1] Petroleum extraction in the Niger Delta has led to many environmental issues. [2] [3] The delta covers 20,000 km 2 (7,700 sq mi) within wetlands, formed primarily by sediment deposition.
The White House blocked government scientists' efforts to disclose the worst-case environmental scenario related to the April 20 explosion of BP's (BP) Deepwater Horizon rig, the Associated Press ...
2010 ExxonMobil oil spill in the Niger Delta in Nigeria, May 2010; Jebel al-Zayt oil spill in the Red Sea, June 2010; Xingang Port oil spill into the Yellow Sea, July 2010; Sanchi oil tanker collision in the East China Sea, January 2018; Norilsk oil spill in Siberia in Russia in between May and June 2020. MV Wakashio oil spill in south ...