Oil Spill at 4" Santa Barbara Well 14L and 14S Flowline @ Nembe Bassambiri, Bayelsa State

Incident 1404219 · SPDC · 20 May 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 May 2015Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date20 May 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.54533, 6.49875

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

Reported20 May 2015

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityFl

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00009000

JIV date21 May 2015

Impact description supplied by source

There was excavated pit dug by unknown persons. Planks were seen around the spill site. hacksaw cut was also seen on the flowline.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

20 May 2015

Report date

20 May 2015

Joint Investigation Visit

21 May 2015

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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