Management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: Current challenges and future direction

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dc.contributor.authorSam, Kabari
dc.contributor.authorCoulon, Frederic
dc.contributor.authorPrpich, George
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-21T10:53:36Z
dc.date.available2017-04-21T10:53:36Z
dc.date.issued2017-04-05
dc.description.abstractSites affected by petroleum hydrocarbons from oil exploitation activities have been identified as a major environmental and socio-economic problem in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The current Nigerian regulatory instruments to manage these contaminated sites are fragmented and the roles and responsibilities of government agencies, such as the Department for Petroleum Resources (DPR), and the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA), are not well defined. This lack of coordination has led to ineffective land contamination policy and poor enforcement more generally. Appropriate, risk-based policy instruments are needed to improve regulatory capacity, and to enhance the regulator's ability to manage new and existing petroleum hydrocarbons contaminated sites. Lessons can be learned from countries like the United Kingdom (UK) and the United States America (USA) that have experience with the management and clean up of historically contaminated land. In this paper, we review the status of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites management in Nigeria and identify the gaps in existing policy and regulation. We review the contaminated land policies and regulation from the UK and the USA, and identify lessons that could be transferred to the Nigerian system. Finally, we provide a series of recommendations (e.g. source – pathway-receptor approach, soil screening criteria, clean-up funding, liability) that could enhance contaminated land legislation in Nigeria.en_UK
dc.identifier.citationKabari Sam, Frédéric Coulon, George Prpich, Management of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: current challenges and future direction, Land Use Policy, Volume 64, May 2017, Pages 133-144en_UK
dc.identifier.issn0264-8377
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.landusepol.2017.01.051
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/11800
dc.language.isoenen_UK
dc.publisherElsevieren_UK
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectContaminated-landen_UK
dc.subjectRisk managementen_UK
dc.subjectNiger Deltaen_UK
dc.subjectEnvironmental policyen_UK
dc.subjectOil spillen_UK
dc.titleManagement of petroleum hydrocarbon contaminated sites in Nigeria: Current challenges and future directionen_UK
dc.typeArticleen_UK

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