A review of the occurrence, distribution, and impact of bitumen seeps on soil and groundwater in parts of southwestern Nigeria

SM Jekayinfa, MA Oladunjoye, KO Doro - Environmental Monitoring and …, 2023 - Springer
The impact of bitumen components on soil and groundwater resources is of environmental
importance. Contaminants' influx into the environment from bitumen components through …

Imaging the distribution of bitumen contaminants in shallow coastal plain sands in southwestern Nigeria using electrical resistivity

SM Jekayinfa, MA Oladunjoye, KO Doro - Environmental Earth Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Naturally occurring bitumen seeps migrating within the shallow subsurface contaminates
soil and groundwater in communities within the eastern segment of the Dahomey Basin in …

Airborne magnetic and radiometric mapping for litho-structural settings and its significance for bitumen mineralization over Agbabu bitumen-belt southwestern Nigeria

AR Faruwa, W Qian, OS Obafunmilayo… - Journal of African Earth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Interpretation of the aeromagnetic and radiometric data over the Agbabu bitumen-belt
reflects the litho-structural features affecting the area and its significance over bitumen …

Unlocking Efficiency in Radio-Frequency Heating: Eigenfrequency Analysis for Resonance Identification and Propagation Enhancement in Nigerian Tar Sands

AA Adamu, PS Jadhawar, L Akanji, SS Aphale - ACS omega, 2024 - ACS Publications
Nigerian bituminous tar sands are among the world's largest deposits of bitumen and heavy
oil. They are estimated to contain 38–40 billion barrels of heavy oil and bitumen, spanning …

Assessment of Bitumen-Influenced Aquifers in Southwestern Iran Based on Groundwater Geochemistry and Stable Isotopes Characteristics

N Bayat, F Alijani, HR Nassery - Mine Water and the Environment, 2024 - Springer
Iran is situated in a region with natural bitumen deposits and bitumen mines. This study
compared the hydrogeochemical and isotopic composition of groundwater contaminated by …

Descriptive statistics and probability distributions of volumetric parameters of a Nigerian heavy oil and bitumen deposit

OO Mosobalaje, OD Orodu, D Ogbe - Journal of Petroleum Exploration …, 2019 - Springer
The absence of geostatistical modeling of volumetric parameters of the long-discovered
Nigerian heavy oil and bitumen deposits is responsible for the inconsistencies surrounding …

Effects of groundwater flow on the distribution of bitumen contaminants in a shallow coastal plain sand aquifer of the Nigerian Dahomey basin

SM Jekayinfa, MA Oladunjoye, KO Doro - Journal of African Earth Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
In situ bitumen seeps within the shallow subsurface of a section of the coastal Dahomey
basin of southwestern Nigeria act as a geogenic source of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons …

Airborne radiometric mapping for natural radiation assessment over Okitipupa southeast belt of the bituminous sand field of Nigeria

AR Faruwa, W Qian, AT Agbele… - Radiation Protection …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Airborne radiometric data were used for natural radiation assessment with the view to
assess its likely environmental and health impact, which is one of the major factors that may …

Estimating and modeling of spatial variability of volumetric attributes of a Nigerian heavy oil and bitumen deposit

OO Mosobalaje, OD Orodu, DO Ogbe - SPE Nigeria Annual …, 2019 - onepetro.org
Deposits of heavy oil and natural bitumen have been long-discovered in the Dahomey basin
south-western Nigeria. However, inconsistency in estimates of volumes of hydrocarbon …

Source Parameter Imaging and 3D Euler Deconvolution method for the Determination of Geometry and Estimating Depth of Agbabu Bituminous Sand.

GO Layade, JA Adegoke, FO Adefemi… - Petroleum & …, 2023 - search.ebscohost.com
The bituminous sands of Agbabu have been mapped using several geophysical techniques.
However, many of these methods provided information about the depth to the bituminous …