Noise pollution in a Refining & Petrochemical Company in Nigeria.

Nowadays, the concern about noise pollution is acquiring considerable importance especiallly in industrial\ud enviroment where there exist alot of machinerys and equipment. The aim of this study was to determine the\ud level of noise pollution generated by some plants specifically Carbon Black Plant, Power Plant & Utilities,\ud Waste Water treatment Plant and Fuels Plant in Warri Refining & Petrochemical Company (WRPC), Warri,\ud Nigeria and recommmend strageties for noise control. Noise level data was obtained from the environmental\ud monitoring unit of WRPC for period April to November, 2012 .The results showed that the noise level\ud exceeded the 85 dB(A) WHO recommended limit for industrial area in the Carbon Black Plant,Power Plant &\ud Utilities and Fuels Plant in WRPC but was lower than 85 dB(A) in Waste Water treatment Plant section of\ud WRPC.It was observed that such noise pollution can present health problems to the workers.Recommendations\ud have been made to the company in this study to remedy this problems and challenges