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Oil spills / Bayelsa / Incident 2014/SAR/279
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Oil Spill at API SKIMMER PUMP AT OBAMA FLOW STATION

Incident 2014/SAR/279 · NAOC · 30 Apr 2014

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 30 Apr 2014Retrieved: 3 Nov 2026
Incident date30 Apr 2014Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence3Source attachment links

Incident location

4.63011, 6.26531
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported30 Apr 2014
StateBayelsa
LGANembe
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseEquipment failure
FacilityFs
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV date3 May 2014

Impact description supplied by source

FAILED API SKIMMER PUMP RESULTED IN CRUDE OIL SPILL AT THE STATION PLATFORM.SPILL WAS HOWEVER CONTAINED WITHIN THE PERMANENTLY BOOMED AREA IN THE PLATFORM.LIGHT SHEEN FROM THE BOOMED AREA WAS ALSO OBSERVED IN OBAMA RIVER AND ADJOINING VEGETATION

Record timeline

Incident recorded

30 Apr 2014

Report date

30 Apr 2014

Joint Investigation Visit

3 May 2014

Spill stop date

3 May 2014

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