Between 2018 and 2019, over 1,300 oil spills occurred in various parts of Nigeria, the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA) has said.
The agency said most of the spills were caused by vandals who break pipelines to steal petroleum products.“In 2018 we had about 600 oil spill incidents and in 2019, we had over 700 oil spill-impacted sites across the country,” he said. “These were oil spill incidents recorded in Nigeria that we’ve compiled and it is based on the fact that by law if there is an oil spill, you must report it. You must report any oil spill, no matter how small.
“Whenever we go for international conferences and we say we record over 700 oil spills in Nigeria, people ask how it happened. He said the agency has started compiling a checklist of defaulters as the leakages are not healthy for the environment He disclosed that the affected filling stations had been mandated to clean the spills or face sanctions.Nigeria loses huge revenue daily due to the constant attack on its oil pipelines and facilities.said Nigeria had, in the last ten years, lost $41.9 billion worth of crude oil and refined products.
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