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Gas flaring / Oil blocks / OML 23
Oil-block profile

OML 23 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: 2 Nov 2026
Flare observations158Mar 2012–May 2026
Latest flare estimate286.3K mscfMay 2026
Matched spill records3Explicit block-name matches
Mapped context1 polygonLand · Shell Petroleum Dev. Co of Nigeria Ltd (SPDC)

OML 23 record summary

This authority page combines evidence matching the verified identifiers OML 23 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 3 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 23. 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.

Recent OML 23 flare observations

Recent oil spill records mentioning OML 23

Explicit source-text matches
Feb 2018
2013465 · SPDC

WELL 14/ OML 23

Spill
Feb 2018
2013465 · SPDC

WELL 14/ OML 23

Spill
Feb 2018
2013465 · SPDC

WELL 14/ OML 23

Spill

Related flare clusters

Coordinate falls inside matched polygon
12.2 km
cluster-83

240.0K mscf · 2026-05

Inside block polygon
11.2 km
cluster-187

70.2K mscf · 2025-12

Inside block polygon
11.6 km
cluster-245

46.3K mscf · 2026-05

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.