caa a22 4500 463195310 CHVBK 20180406164921.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10669-007-9007-x doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10669-007-9007-x Oseji Julius Physics Department, Delta State University, P. M.B. 1, Abraka, Nigeria aut Thermal gradient in the vicinity of Kwale/Okpai gas plant, Delta state, Nigeria: Preliminary observations [Elektronische Daten] [Julius Oseji] Environmental Pollution now persist in Nigeria especially the oil-rich regions of Delta State. One of these problems is due to gas flaring. Thermal gradient resulting from the gas flared at Kwale/Okpai gas plant is hereby reported. Surface temperature variations with distance from the flare point were investigated for the four cardinal directions. The results show a surface temperature elevation of about 3.7° C above the mean normal daily temperature within a radius of 270 M. Hence the thermal equilibrium has been altered. This increase in temperature has undesirable effect on man and his environment especially on the socio-economic lives and activities of the inhabitants. It is therefore necessary that Government Agencies empowered to monitor environment such as Federal Environmental Protection Agency (FEPA) should embark on adequate remediation activities in order to stop the environmental degradation before enormous and permanent damage is caused. Furthermore, the companies involved in the gas flaring should be made to be concerned with the danger they may be causing the inhabitants in particular and the populace in general. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Temperature nationallicence Thermometer nationallicence Sonde nationallicence Meter tape nationallicence Thermal gradient nationallicence Gas flaring nationallicence The Environmentalist Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/2(2007-06-01), 311-314 0251-1088 27:2<311 2007 27 10669 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9007-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9007-x text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Oseji Julius Physics Department, Delta State University, P. M.B. 1, Abraka, Nigeria aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Environmentalist Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/2(2007-06-01), 311-314 0251-1088 27:2<311 2007 27 10669 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer