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Oil Spill at IDU 11S WELLHEAD 5 & 11 LOCATION AT BISENI

Incident 2021/LAR/039 · 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 quantity20 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered5 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.27208, 6.54974

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported5 Jun 2021

StateBayelsa

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.01541011

JIV date6 Jun 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE. THE AREA OF IMPACT WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY FACILITY RIGHT OF WAY. FARMLAND, VEGETATION AND FISHES WERE IMPACTED.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

5 Jun 2021

Report date

5 Jun 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

6 Jun 2021

Spill stop date

6 Jun 2021

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