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Oil spills / Bayelsa / Incident 2020/SAR/025/050
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Oil Spill at OBAMA FLOWSTATION FLARE STACK

Incident 2020/SAR/025/050 · NAOC · 20 Mar 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Mar 2020Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date20 Mar 2020Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity42.87 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered15.72 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.62792, 6.26508
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported23 Mar 2020
StateBayelsa
LGANembe
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseEquipment failure
FacilityFs
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill area0.10010130
JIV date26 Mar 2020

Impact description supplied by source

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

Record timeline

Incident recorded

20 Mar 2020

Report date

23 Mar 2020

Joint Investigation Visit

26 Mar 2020

Spill stop date

26 Mar 2020

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