Causes and Terrain of Oil Spillage in Niger Delta Region of Nigeria: The Analysis of Variance Approach

Ifeoma Christy Mba, Emmanuel Ikechukwu Mba, Jonathan Emenike Ogbuabor and Winnie Ogochukwu Arazu
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Ifeoma Christy Mba: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia.
Emmanuel Ikechukwu Mba: Department of Statistics, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria.
Jonathan Emenike Ogbuabor: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia.
Winnie Ogochukwu Arazu: Fakultas Ilmu Sosial Universitas Negeri Makassar, Indonesia.

International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, 2019, vol. 9, issue 2, 283-287

Abstract: Oil spillage in Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been on an increase and almost on a regular basis. The objective of this study is on the causes and terrain of oil spillage in the Niger Delta with emphasis on which causes have significant effect on the volume of oil spillage, the terrain that is most affected. The two way analysis of variance statistical tool was employed and it was discovered that the sabotage cause was significant at a 5% level of significance and from the pairwise multiple comparison the sabotage cause was seen as the major causes of oil spillage in the Niger Delta followed by the operational and mystery spill causes respectively. It was also discovered that the incident site that was most affected was the swamp terrain with 82% while water was 46% and land with 6.5%. The study concluded that to reduce or manage oil spillage in Nigeria, the Federal government and Federal environmental management agency should enforce the laws governing oil spill incident in Nigeria.

Keywords: Terrain; Causes; Niger Delta (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: P28 Q53 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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