Oil Spill at OGBOINBIRI MILITARY GENERATOR AGO/DIESEL BARGE AT OGBOINBIRI

Incident 2022/SAR/FI/001 · NAOC · 22 Jan 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 22 Jan 2022Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026

Incident date22 Jan 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity113.21 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered25.16 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.81450, 5.95994

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported22 Jan 2022

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantRe

CauseEquipment failure

FacilitySt

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00681770

JIV date23 Jan 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS AS A RESULT OF EQUIPMENT FAILURE SINCE THE FACILITY FAILED DUE TO ERRONEOUS MOORING. THE SPILL SPREAD OUTSIDE THE COMPANY FACILITY. VEGETATION AND SURFACE WATER WERE IMPACTED.