Oil Spill at Ebocha Oil Centre, Ebocha

Incident 2020/LAR/072 /131 · NAOC · 10 Sept 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 10 Sept 2020Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date10 Sept 2020Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity67.6 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered60 bblNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.45944, 6.69739

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported10 Sept 2020

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilitySt

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area8272.16

JIV date12 Sept 2020

Impact description supplied by source

Oil spill overflowed the drainage systems in the Ebocha oil Centre, and impacted outside of the fence area

Record timeline

Incident recorded

10 Sept 2020

Report date

10 Sept 2020

Joint Investigation Visit

12 Sept 2020

Spill stop date

10 Sept 2020

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