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Oil spills / Delta / Incident E&P/WFO/HSE/08.10
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Oil Spill at NPDC E&P/ ELCREST DRILL LOCATION AT OPUAMAIN OML 40

Incident E&P/WFO/HSE/08.10 · NPDC · 1 Aug 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 1 Aug 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date01 Aug 2022Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence5Source attachment links

Incident location

5.95206, 5.05600
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNPDC
Reported1 Aug 2022
StateDelta
LGAWarri-North
ContaminantOther:Petroleum Sludge
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityOther:Illegal Refinery
HabitatIw,Ns
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV date11 Aug 2022

Impact description supplied by source

surface water and vegetation were impacted, dead floating crabs was sighted, the spill was within and outside the company's right of way.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

1 Aug 2022

Report date

1 Aug 2022

Joint Investigation Visit

11 Aug 2022

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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