Oil Spill at WELL 33 LOCATION AT IPU-WEST- OWAZA, UKWA WEST LGA, ABIA STATE.

Incident NPDC/WAGL/2023/02/OML 11/TP/004. · NPDC · 9 May 2023

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 9 May 2023Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date09 May 2023Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity18 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

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

CompanyNPDC

Reported9 May 2023

StateAbia

LGAUKWA WEST

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0024

JIV date12 May 2023

TOTAL VANDALIZATION OF WELL HEAD BY UNKNOWN PERSONS