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Oil Spill at OBIAFU 26L & S GATE VALVE FLANGE OBIAFU FIELD, OMOKU, ONELGA, RIVERS STATE

Incident 2017/lar/gl1/049 · NAOC · 13 Dec 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 13 Dec 2017Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026

Incident date13 Dec 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.41461, 6.57033

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported13 Dec 2017

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantNo

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatLa

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date16 Dec 2017

Impact description supplied by source

FOUR BOLTS AND NUTS ON THE GATE VALVE FLANGE WERE LOOSENED BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S)

Record timeline

Incident recorded

13 Dec 2017

Report date

13 Dec 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

16 Dec 2017

Spill stop date

16 Dec 2017

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