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An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released... more
An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into the ocean or coastal waters, but spills may also occur on land. Although Nigeria has taken significant measures to create effective environmental safety strategies and guidelines, there have been numerous cases of Oil spillage in Nigeria which affects the quality of the environment. The aim of the study was to design an oil spill monitoring drone which will give a real time and accurate data of oil spillage which will help reduce the prevalence of oil spillage in the country. It involved the construction of a dynamic drone device for surveillance in Agricultural lands in Imo State and Rivers State. Experimental cross-sectional study design was used to design and estimate the data generated in the study. The dynamic drone device constructed in the study showed a real time oil spillage in different agricultural lands in Imo. The soil samples were gotten and tested to confirm the presence of oil spillage. The study therefore suggests the use of a dynamic drone device to monitor the increasing oil spillage occurring in Agricultural lands and offer ways to detect and amend it on time.
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Oil spill pollutes not only the river but the environment including the soil, through sabotage; inadequate of nonfunctional production equipment and total corrosion of pipes and tanks. The current study investigated the presence and... more
Oil spill pollutes not only the river but the environment including the soil, through sabotage; inadequate of nonfunctional production equipment and total corrosion of pipes and tanks. The current study investigated the presence and levels of total petroleum hydrocarbon contents (THC) on edaphic variables in an oil spill impacted area near a flow station in Odagwa Etche, Rivers State, Nigeria. Soil samples were collected with stainless hand auger from 0-15cm and 15-30cm stored in sterile aluminum foils and polythene bags from the five sampling points IMRC, IMR1, IMR2, IMR3 and IMR4. In which the unpolluted (control) was taken 3km away from spill site against the direction of flow of drainage. Descriptive statistics, Variation plots, Single factor ANOVA, means plots and Pearson correlation were used to analyze data.