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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2021/LAR/081/130
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Oil Spill at OBRIKOM 16 WELL 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: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date12 Aug 2021Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered4 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence6Source attachment links

Incident location

5.39953, 6.61817
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported12 Aug 2021
StateRivers
LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
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 company for more than a year before this incident. The spill was caused as a result of the cutting off of the casing riser and removal of the valves by unknown persons. Impacted area is within the well head location.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Aug 2021

Report date

12 Aug 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

14 Aug 2021

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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