Oil Spill at OGBOINBIRI WELL 4 ESP AT OGBOINBIRI

Incident 2021/SAR/042 · NAOC · 12 Jul 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Jul 2021Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date12 Jul 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity16 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.81728, 5.97903

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported12 Jul 2021

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.04165358

JIV date12 Jul 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE HACKSAW CUT ON THE PIPELINE. AREA OF IMPACT WAS WITHIN COMPANY FACILITY RIGHT OF WAY. SURFACE WATER WAS IMPACTED