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Oil Spill at PIRIGBENE 2TGB AT PIRIGBENE

Incident 2017/SAR/177 · NAOC · 26 Nov 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 26 Nov 2016Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date26 Nov 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity4.3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

4.61250, 6.20447

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported26 Nov 2016

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date22 Jan 2017

Impact description supplied by source

THERE WAS AN EVIDENCE OF HACKSAW CUT ON THE WELLHEAD. VEGETATION AND SURFACE WATER WERE IMPACTED.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

26 Nov 2016

Report date

26 Nov 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

22 Jan 2017

Spill stop date

22 Jan 2017

Evidence & documents

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