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Oil Spill at OGADA WELLHEAD @ UYOKA SWAMP IN ABACHEKE, IMO STATE.

Incident egb.19.005 · NPDC · 20 Sept 2018

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Sept 2018Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date20 Sept 2018Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity15 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.56192, 6.62661

Oil spill

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CompanyNPDC

Reported18 Sept 2019

StateImo

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseOperational/maintenance error

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00001437

JIV date19 Jun 2019

Impact description supplied by source

OVER FLOW OF CRUDE OIL CONTAINED IN THE CELLAR PIT BY FLOOD

Record timeline

Incident recorded

20 Sept 2018

Report date

18 Sept 2019

Joint Investigation Visit

19 Jun 2019

Spill stop date

19 Sept 2019

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