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Oil spills / Imo / Incident 2018/LAR/089/110
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Oil Spill at AKRI FLOW STATION OGUTA LGA,IMO STATE.

Incident 2018/LAR/089/110 · NAOC · 26 Jun 2018

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 26 Jun 2018Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date26 Jun 2018Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence5Source attachment links

Incident location

5.63250, 6.67089
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported27 Jun 2018
StateImo
LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseEquipment failure
FacilityFs
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00001253
JIV date28 Jun 2018

Impact description supplied by source

CAUSE OF SPILL WAS DUE TO OVERFLOW FROM THE API SKIMMER. THE SKIMMER FAILED TO RECOVER THE SPILLED CRUDE OIL DUE TO POWER FAILURE.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

26 Jun 2018

Report date

27 Jun 2018

Joint Investigation Visit

28 Jun 2018

Spill stop date

28 Jun 2018

Evidence & documents

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API Skimmer

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Impacted Area 1

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Impacted Area 2

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Absorbent Boom for Containment

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JIV Form

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