Oil Spill at OBRIKOM 16 WELL HEAD LOCATION, OBRIKOM FIELD, OMOKU, ONELGA, RIVERS STATE.

Incident 2021/LAR/081/130 · NAOC · 12 Aug 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Aug 2021Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date12 Aug 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered4 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.39953, 6.61817

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported12 Aug 2021

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00003502

JIV date14 Aug 2021

Impact description supplied by source

The well at this location had been shut down by the company for more than a year before this incident. The spill was caused as a result of cutting off of the casing riser and removal of the valves by unknown persons. Impacted area is within the well head location.