Oil Spill at Obrikom 12T Wellhead at Obrikom

Incident 2022/LAR/GLI/039/050 · NAOC · 7 Aug 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 7 Aug 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date07 Aug 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.39253, 6.66422

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported7 Aug 2022

StateNot supplied

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantGa

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatNot supplied

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date17 Aug 2022

Impact description supplied by source

Gas leak due to removal of plug by unknown person

Record timeline

Incident recorded

7 Aug 2022

Report date

7 Aug 2022

Joint Investigation Visit

17 Aug 2022

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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