Artisanal petroleum refining (APR) is often the use of rudimentary equipment to process
crude oil into different products. APR is rampant in the Niger Delta area of Nigeria and is …

The rate of environmental degradation is an increasing trend globally and most especially in
many developing nations where it has food production implications. This deterioration in …

Purpose: Artisanal refining of crude oil has been associated with the manifestations of
various health problems directly related to the release of particulate matter, including …

The issue of environmental pollution has been recognized as a typical example of an
anthropogenic activity that constitutes a global challenge coupled with the influence of …

Nigeria discovered crude oil in 1956. Instead of making sustainable economic progress
since, the country spiraled into serious economic waste and loss, due to pollution from crude …

The study investigated the effects of environmental degradation on human health in nine
selected oil communities in Delta State using well-structured 450 copies of questionnaires …

The importance of crude oil has come at a great cost. In many developing economies of the
world, it can be described as the bitter-sweet crude for its double-edged impacts on the …

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 …

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria is richly endowed with both renewable andnon-renewable
natural resources. It contains 20 billion of Africas proven 66 billion barrelsof oil reserves and …

Petroleum hydrocarbons contamination of the environment associated with exploration,
development and production operations is a common feature in oil producing nations …