TITLE:
Hydrocarbon-Based Contaminants in Drinking Water Sources and Shellfish in the Soku Oil and Gas Fields of South-South Nigeria
AUTHORS:
Ifeanyichukwu Clinton Ezekwe, Christian Livingstone Otiasah, Morufu Olalekan Raimi, Iyingiala Austin-Asomeji
KEYWORDS:
Niger Delta, Oil and Gas Production, Oil Pollution, Periwinkle, Rural Livelihoods, Water Quality
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Yangtze Oil and Gas,
Vol.7 No.4,
October
14,
2022
ABSTRACT: Environmentally unfriendly Oil exploration activities have been ongoing in the Soku area of the Niger Delta of Nigeria since 1956. This study evaluated the concentration of hydrocarbons and heavy metals in Shellfish and drinking water sources in the study area. It revealed the absence (