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Gas flaring / Oil blocks / OPL 209
Oil-block profile

OPL 209 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 observations167Mar 2012–May 2026
Latest flare estimate200.3K mscfMay 2026
Matched spill records1Explicit block-name matches
Mapped context1 polygonDeep Water · Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd(EEPNL)

OPL 209 record summary

This authority page combines evidence matching the verified identifiers OPL 209 without rewriting the label supplied by either source. It contains 167 monthly gas flare observations from March 2012 through May 2026. The oil spill source contains 1 records explicitly mentioning one of these verified identities.

Connected state records: Akwa Ibom. 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: OPL 209. Documentary lineage merges evidence for discovery and analysis; it does not silently rename historical observations.

Operator field in matched geography: Esso Exploration and Production Nigeria Ltd(EEPNL).

Terrain: Deep Water.

Recent OPL 209 flare observations

Recent oil spill records mentioning OPL 209

Explicit source-text matches
Dec 2005
665 · MPN

Scarabeo 7-NNPC OPL 209 Erha 18

Spill

Related flare clusters

Coordinate falls inside matched polygon
14.8 km
cluster-77

200.3K 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.