The Nigerian economy depends on the petroleum industry for revenue and fuel to drive its
growth. However, the petroleum industry has been associated with major issues of accidents …

Advances in the development of petroleum resources has contributed enormously to the
global energy demand and economic development over the past decades, however, it has …

Since its issuance in 1991, by the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Ministry of
Petroleum Resources, the Environmental Guidelines and Standards for the Petroleum …

The study seeks to explore the need for total deregulation of the downstream sector of the
Nigerian petroleum industry to address inefficiencies in the sector to promote adequate …

The study investigates the necessity for deregulation of the downstream petroleum sector to
tackles shortfalls and to enhance quantities of petroleum commodities in Nigeria. The …

The adoption of a broad based sustainable development strategy, underpinned by prudent
management of oil resources, coupled with an enduring model for conservation of the …

Petroleum exploration and production in the Nigeria's Niger Delta region and export of oil
and gas resources by the petroleum sector has substantially improved the nation's economy …

This paper examines the environmental pollution and remediation of oil spillage in the
Nigerian Coastal areas. Oil spillage is one of the greatest environmental problem Nigeria is …

Since the discovery of oil in Nigeria in the Niger Delta in the1950s and its commercialization
in 1958, oil exploration and exploitation has been on going in Nigeria. The region has huge …

Nigeria has abundant deposits of oil and natural gas and their exploitation has improved the
economy substantially, but with serious environmental costs. Severe ecological damage has …