Oil Spill at DEHYDRATION UNIT

Incident 2020/SAR/074 · NAOC · 8 Nov 2020

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 8 Nov 2020Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date08 Nov 2020Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity297.08 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered295.05 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.29883, 6.24784

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported8 Nov 2020

StateBayelsa

LGABrass

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseOme

FacilityTf

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00017353

JIV date14 Nov 2020

THE SPILL WAS AS A RESULT OF AN OVERFLOW OR SPILL OVER FROM DEHYDRATION UNIT DUE TO DELAY IN SWITCHING ON OIL TRANSFER PUMP DURING MANUAL OPERATIONS.