Oil spill in Nigeria
According to the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), between 1976 and 1996 a total
of 4647 incidents resulted in the spill of approximately 2,369,470 barrels of oil into the
environment. Of this quantity, an estimated 1,820,410.5 barrels (77%) were lost to the
environment. A total of 549,060 barrels of oil representing 23.17% of the total oil spilt into the
environment was recovered. The heaviest recorded spill so far occurred in 1979 and 1980 with a
net volume of 694,117.13 barrels and 600,511.02 barrels respectively.