Global Journal of Human-Social Science, B: Geography, Environmental Science and Disaster Management, Volume 22 Issue 3

© 2022. Etuk Etiese Akpan. This research/review article is distributed under the terms of the Attribution-NonCommercial- NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You must give appropriate credit to authors and reference this article if parts of the article are reproduced in any manner. Applicable licensing terms are at https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/ 4.0/. Oil Spills Cleanup Operations on Land and Inland Waters – The Mangroves Cleanup Philosophy By Etuk Etiese Akpan Abstract- The Niger Delta region has witnessed several environmental pollutions arising from oil exploration and production activities Though crude oil production has its attendant high risks, it is one of the largest and most profitable businesses in the world, and in fact the main economic sustenance for Nigeria (Onayemi 2004,). From its development phase to production phase, many disasters are bound to occur in the industries. Oil spill is the most important type of environmental disaster, which usually occurs. It has impact on humans as wells as on plants and wild life, including birds, fish and mammals. Sources of spill ranges from equipment failures, human errors, accidents, sabotage and illegal bunkering activities on the production facilities. (Oil theft, sabotage and spills). Good Industry operating and maintenance procedures is key to reducing incidents of oil spills in the environment. Prompt spill response management is a key success factor in reducing escalation of the attendant negative impacts on the environment by deploying a workable contingency plan suitable to the specific environment of importance. Keywords: oil spills; sources; impacts; niger delta region, mangroves, cleanup, land, water. GJHSS-B Classification: DDC Code: 363.7382 LCC Code: KF27 OilSpillsCleanupOperationsonLandandInlandWatersTheMangrovesCleanupPhilosophy Global Journal of HUMAN-SOCIAL SCIENCE: B Geography, Geo-Sciences, Environmental Science & Disaster Management Volume 22 Issue 3 Version 1.0 Year 2022 Type: Double Blind Peer Reviewed International Research Journal Publisher: Global Journals Online ISSN: 2249-460x & Print ISSN: 0975-587X Strictly as per the compliance and regulations of: