Oil Spill at ADIBAWA NORTH EAST WELL 1 @ BESENI

Incident 1907852 · SPDC · 11 Aug 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 11 Aug 2017Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date11 Aug 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1,669 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered825 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.25750, 6.52139

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported12 Aug 2017

StateBayelsa

LGAYenagoa

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa,Sw

Estimated spill area0.03920000

JIV date13 Aug 2017

Impact description supplied by source

ADIBAWA NORTH EAST WELL 1 WAS PREVIOUSLY VANDALIZED BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S). LOOSED NUTS WAS ALSO NOTICED AROUND THE WELL HEAD. VEGETATION AND WATER BODY WAS HEAVILY IMPACTED.