GASPRO International Journal of Eminent Scholars

Oil spillage has a major impact on the ecosystem into which it is released. The rate of oil spills have been rising with the increasing tempo of petroleum exploration and exploitation, of which the Ibeno community is a part, and the level of pollution needs to be determined to know the level of degradation of the environment and therefore alert relevant authorities of the imminent catastrophe. It is observed that despite regulatory laws, environmental pollution through oil spillage still abounds at an alarming rate, thus, the need in this research work to examine the environmental impacts of crude oil spillages and the level of degradation on the host communities with specific reference to Ibeno local government area of Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.