Oil Spill at Mgbede 9l well head at the location mgbede community.

Incident 2019/lar/023/042 · NAOC · 17 Feb 2019

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Feb 2019Retrieved: 3 Nov 2026

Incident date17 Feb 2019Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity2.16 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.45483, 6.74083

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported18 Feb 2019

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00023194

JIV date18 Feb 2019

Impact description supplied by source

Unknown person's loosened bolts and nuts on the wellhead choke box and removed the top adopter coupling. Crude oil spilled as a result of the incident on the wellhead.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

17 Feb 2019

Report date

18 Feb 2019

Joint Investigation Visit

18 Feb 2019

Spill stop date

18 Feb 2019

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