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Oil Spill at 6" Etelebu Well 15 L/S Flow Line at Ute

Incident 1985487 · NAOC · 18 Feb 2024

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 18 Feb 2024Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date18 Feb 2024Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity89 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.01968, 6.36240

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported18 Feb 2024

StateBayelsa

LGAYenagoa

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityFl

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.0014

JIV date20 Feb 2024

Impact description supplied by source

The incident was due to third party interference. Unknown person (s) installed a 2 " nipple on the facility for suspected crude oil theft.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

18 Feb 2024

Report date

18 Feb 2024

Joint Investigation Visit

20 Feb 2024

Spill stop date

18 Feb 2024

Evidence & documents

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