Oil Spill at OGBOINBIRI GAS PLANT AT OGBOINBIRI

Incident 2021/SAR/OGP · NAOC · 5 Jun 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 5 Jun 2021Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date05 Jun 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.81383, 5.96103

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported5 Jun 2021

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityFs

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00442111

JIV date5 Jun 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE LEAKAGE FROM THE HOSE USED TO PUMP WATER FROM THE RECOVERY PIT. THE AREA OF IMPACT IS WITHIN COMPANCY FACILITY. VEGETATION WAS IMPACTED