Oil Spill at Ubit GQ

Incident 36/2019 · MPN · 1 Oct 2019

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 1 Oct 2019Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date01 Oct 2019Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.57 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

4.26827, 8.16740

Oil spill

CompanyMPN

Reported2 Oct 2019

StateAkwa Ibom

LGANot supplied

ContaminantOther:Diesel

CauseCorrosion

FacilityOther: Gq Diesel Storage Tank

HabitatOffshore

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV dateNot supplied

Diesel leak confirmed to be from a rupture point on a badly corroded 2" diesel storage tank drain line