Oil Spill at Ekpe PP OML 70

Incident 002 / 2023 · MPN · 19 Jan 2023

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 19 Jan 2023Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date19 Jan 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence1Source attachment links

Incident location

4.16889, 8.13917

Oil spill

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CompanyMPN

Reported20 Jan 2023

StateAkwa Ibom

LGANot supplied

ContaminantCo

CauseCorrosion

FacilityNot supplied

HabitatOffshore

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV dateNot supplied

Impact description supplied by source

At 1050hrs 19th Jan., 2023, a personnel carrying out routine checks in the plant observed oil streak from cellar deck of OP. This was traced to a pin-hole leak from a corroded point on a 2” liquid discharge line from Condensate Pumps