EMERGENCY PROCEDURES FOR TOTAL LOSS PREVENTION IN SELECTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN RIVERS STATE

This study examined the emergency procedure for total loss prevention in selected oil and gas companies in Rivers State. Descriptive research design was adopted or the study. Five emergency measures for loss prevention were considered, namely emergency exist procedure, emergency fire-accident prevention procedures, housekeeping procedure, electrical wiring and installations procedure and procedures for handling hazardous materials. Population of the study comprised 1364 field workers in three oil and gas firms in the study area from which 400 were sampled using multistage sampling technique. Questionnaire designed based on 5-point Likert scale was used for data collection and the data were analyzed using mean, percentage, weighted mean and Analysis of variance (ANOVA). The results revealed that the five emergency procedures for total loss prevention considered in the study were available in the sampled companies (mean score > 3.00 critical score). Two, all the five emergency procedures are effective for measuring emergency loss prevention in oil and gas firm in Rivers Sates (materials (mean score > 3.00 critical score) and finally, there is no significant difference in the level of effectiveness of the various procedure for emergency loss prevention in oil and gas firm in Rivers Sates (p = 0.645 > 0.05 significant level). It concluded that there are available and affective measures for emergency loss prevention in oil and gas firms in Rivers state. It was therefore recommended that management of the oil and gas firms should maintain the five emergency measures for total loss prevention in the oil and gas firms within the study area.