Oil Spill at OBAMA WELL 9SL AT OBAMA

Incident 2022/SAR/073/178 · NAOC · 4 Aug 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 4 Aug 2022Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date04 Aug 2022Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.63061, 6.27625

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported4 Aug 2022

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00462234

JIV date5 Aug 2022

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE SINCE THERE WAS A RUPTURE CAUSED BY SAND ABRASION ON THE 2'' PIPE WELDED TO THE CHOKE AT 1 O' CLOCK POSITION ON THE FACILITY. THE SPILL WAS WITHIN COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY.