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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.
The Nigerian government estimates there were over 7,000 spills, large and small, between 1970 and 2000, according to the BBC. That is approximately 300 spills a year, and some spills have been leaking for years. [4] Vast swathes of the Delta have been seen covered with tar and stagnant lakes of crude due to oil spills of the past. [4]
Oil pipeline. Most of the oil infrastructure is old and lacks regular inspection or maintenance. [4] Half of all spills occur due to pipeline and tanker corrosion and accidents (50%), other causes include sabotage (28%) and oil production operations (21%), with 1% of the spills being accounted for by inadequate or non-functional production equipment.
A new oil spill at a Shell facility in Nigeria has contaminated farmland and a river, upending livelihoods in the fishing and farming communities in part of the Niger Delta, which has long endured ...
This is not the only remediation project in Ogoniland that is alleged to have been botched. In 2015, Shell agreed to a £55m settlement for a clean-up after two catastrophic spills in 2008 from ...
The number of spills caused by sabotage and theft in the Niger delta rose last year to 111 from 62 in 2017, the Anglo-Dutch company said in its annual sustainability report.
Bodo is a town in the Gokana local government area of Rivers State, Nigeria. [1] Inhabited by Ogonis, it is located within Ogoniland. [2] In 2010, the community had a population of around 69,000 people. [3] A fishing and farming town, Bodo is known for having been the site of several severe oil spills in the 21st century.
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