ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE TO REGULATIONS OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION PIPELINES NETWORK IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE TO REGULATIONS OF RIGHT-OF-WAY FOR NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION PIPELINES NETWORK IN NORTHERN NIGERIA
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2014-03
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MEJABI, DELE JOSEPH JACKSOLOMON
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In countries with insufficient investments in infrastructure and weak environmental governance, oil leakage from pipelines often occurs as a result of encroachment by land uses into its right-of-way, poor management and maintenance. Nigeria has its share of such incidents, and also suffers a large number of deliberate attacks („interdictions‟) on oil pipelines. This work assessed the Compliance to the Regulations of Right-of-Way of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Pipelines Network in Northern Nigeria. Landsat imageries of the SRTM and SRTM Band 1, 2, and 3 with 15 m and 30 m resolution respectively, Cadastral Map of Nigeria and Administrative map of Northern Nigeria at the scales 1:2, 000,000 and 1:25, 000,000 respectively were used, including some topographic and geological maps of the study area. These satellite
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IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTERS IN REMOTE SENSING (RS) AND GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM (GIS) DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY, FACULTY OF SCIENCE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA-NIGERIA
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ASSESSMENT,, COMPLIANCE,, REGULATIONS,, RIGHT,, WAY,, NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION PIPELINES NETWORK,, NORTHERN NIGERIA,