Oil Spill at OGBOIBIRI WELL 9SS WELLHEAD AT OGBOINBIRI

Incident 2022/SAR/024 · NAOC · 20 Apr 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Apr 2022Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026

Incident date20 Apr 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.12 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.82581, 5.97264

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported20 Apr 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00010820

JIV date23 Apr 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE SINCE WAS A VISIBLE PINHOLE AT THE WELDED JOINT OF THE SAND TRAP. THE SPILL WAS WITHIN COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. SURFACE WATER WAS IMPACTED.