Oil Spill at Ekpe PP

Incident 003/ 2025 · MPN · 2 Mar 2025

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 2 Mar 2025Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date02 Mar 2025Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence1Source attachment links

Incident location

4.11111, 7.62889

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyMPN

Reported3 Mar 2025

StateAkwa Ibom

LGANot supplied

ContaminantOther: Oily Water

CauseCorrosion

FacilityPipeline

HabitatOffshore

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV dateNot supplied

Impact description supplied by source

During routine surveillance, an operator observed a sheen on the sea north of Ekpe production platform. On conducting checks, liquid was seen dripping from a pinhole on the 2-inches discharge header of Liquid Knockout Condensate pumps