Oil Spill at OGBOINBIRI WELL 6SS @ OGBOINBIRI

Incident 2017/SAR/062/179 · NAOC · 26 Oct 2017

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 26 Oct 2017Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date26 Oct 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.82592, 5.97203

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported26 Oct 2017

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date27 Oct 2017

THE CAUSE OF SPILL WAS DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE