Environmental risk study of oil activity in Maracaibo Lake city Trujillo State La Ceiba

Abstract

This    research   was   conducted   to   describe   the   study   of            environmental      risk oil activity in the Lake Maracaibo Municipality of Ceiba, Trujillo State. Methodologically is descriptive, with non-experimental field design-ransactional. The population consisted of 73 subjects. The technique used to collect              information was the survey and a questionnaire instrument with 11 items and five          alternative answers, was content validity and reliability was determined by calculating Cronbach's coefficient, reaching a value determining it rtt = 0.922 as highly reliable. The results show in the opinion of 85%      Respondents       rarely            do    studies  to    minimize                 environmental                risk impact. The macro processes that take place in La Ceiba are the exploration, drilling, production, storage and transport, in terms of refining, is transferred to special facilities in other states. He observes, deforestation, drought,        eneration of emissions of gases that affect the air specifically in plant 6 X Population Franquera caused by a mechurrio, hazardous wastes that affect the fertilization of the earth as well as liquid wastes. In addition, say respondents, the low projection has the company in terms of social responsibility. It added to these results the presence of social conflict between villagers  and           the            company              because        they     feel     excluded          as    labor.