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Oil Spill at IDU 11SS WELLHEAD AT IDU 5 & 11 LOCATION EGBEBIRI BISENI

Incident 2021/LAR/028/058 · NAOC · 8 May 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 8 May 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date08 May 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity36 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered31 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.27208, 6.54989

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported8 May 2021

StateBayelsa

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00234619

JIV date9 May 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO EQUIPMENT FAILURE. THE SPILL WAS OUTSIDE COMPANY RIGHT OF WAY. VEGETATION WAS IMPACTED.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

8 May 2021

Report date

8 May 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

9 May 2021

Spill stop date

9 May 2021

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