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Oil spills / Delta / Incident HEOSL/2019/073
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Oil Spill at 28" Trans Forcados pipeline at Batan.

Incident HEOSL/2019/073 · Heritage · 17 Dec 2018

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Dec 2018Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026
Incident date17 Dec 2018Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity586 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered566 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.56278, 5.55806
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyHeritage
Reported18 Dec 2018
StateDelta
LGAWarri-South
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseEquipment failure
FacilityPipeline
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV date14 Feb 2019

Impact description supplied by source

vegetation, fishing net and surface water were impacted. spill was within and outside company's right of way.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

17 Dec 2018

Report date

18 Dec 2018

Joint Investigation Visit

14 Feb 2019

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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