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Gas flaring / Oil blocks / OML 18
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OML 18 Oil Spills and Gas Flaring Data

Explore tracker observations, verified concession lineage, mapped block context and oil spill records across the documented identities for this Nigerian concession.

Nigeria Gas Flare Tracker · block aggregationLatest observation: May 2026Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026
Flare observations158Mar 2012–May 2026
Latest flare estimate1.23M mscfMay 2026
Matched spill records4Explicit block-name matches
Mapped context1 polygonLand~Shelf · Shell Petroleum Dev. Co of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)

OML 18 record summary

This authority page combines evidence matching the verified identifiers OML 18 without rewriting the label supplied by either source. It contains 158 monthly gas flare observations from March 2012 through May 2026. The oil spill source contains 4 records explicitly mentioning one of these verified identities.

Connected state records: Rivers. A state connection can come from an explicitly matched spill or the supplied block coordinate and does not define the block's complete legal boundary.

Compare national gas flaring data or browse the related clusters and incident records below.

Block context

Gas flare

Source interpretation

The underlying records retain their original identifiers: OML 18. Documentary lineage merges evidence for discovery and analysis; it does not silently rename historical observations.

Operator field in matched geography: Shell Petroleum Dev. Co of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC).

Terrain: Land~Shelf.

Recent OML 18 flare observations

Recent oil spill records mentioning OML 18

Explicit source-text matches
Feb 2025
2025/NEOL/BUGC/30 · NNPC NEOL

OML 18 Buguma ASA Well 001 at Ogaji-Ama, Asari-Toru LGA, Rivers State

Spill
Feb 2025
2025/NEOL/CAWC/032 · NNPC NEOL

OML 18 Cawthorne Channel II Well 49L at Mbi-Ama, Degema LGA, Rivers State

Spill
Feb 2025
2025/NEOL/CAWC/033 · NNPC NEOL

OML 18 Cawthorne Channel II Well 23S at Mbi-Ama, Degema LGA, Rivers State

Spill
Jun 2024
2024/NEOL/ALAK010 · NNPCL

OML-18, ORUBIRI (ABILA) WELL 7LS.

Spill

Related flare clusters

Coordinate falls inside matched polygon
7.7 km
cluster-50

614.3K mscf · 2026-05

Inside block polygon
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cluster-84

619.1K mscf · 2026-05

Inside block polygon
12.4 km
cluster-165

450.1K mscf · 2026-04

Inside block polygon
7.4 km
cluster-178

183.8K mscf · 2024-12

Inside block polygon
10.3 km
cluster-202

29.6K mscf · 2022-09

Inside block polygon
Relationship rules: spill links require an explicit block-name match in source text; cluster links use polygon containment when a matched polygon exists, otherwise they are clearly labelled as coordinate proximity. Neither establishes legal responsibility or ownership.