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Oil spills / Incident NOSDRA/NC-036/2022
confirmed

Oil Spill at OML: 049

Incident NOSDRA/NC-036/2022 · CHEVRON · 20 Sept 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Sept 2022Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date20 Sept 2022Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

The source does not supply usable coordinates for this incident. The textual location remains available below.

Source fields in plain language

CompanyCHEVRON
ReportedNot supplied
StateNot supplied
LGANot supplied
ContaminantNot supplied
CauseOther:
FacilityOther: Suspected Illegal Refining Site
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV dateNot supplied

Impact description supplied by source

A non Chevron spill located around OML:049 which was suspected to be from illegal refining site.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

20 Sept 2022

Report date

Not supplied

Joint Investigation Visit

Not supplied

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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