Oil Spill at BENEKU OKPAI 9, 15 & 16

Incident 2561 · NAOC · 6 May 2009

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 6 May 2009Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date06 May 2009Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

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CompanyNAOC

ReportedNot supplied

StateNot supplied

LGANot supplied

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityNot supplied

HabitatLa

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date13 Jun 2009

Record timeline

Incident recorded

6 May 2009

Report date

Not supplied

Joint Investigation Visit

13 Jun 2009

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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