Oil Spill at Mystery Sheen Around Ubit

Incident 004/ 2025 · MPN · 6 Mar 2025

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 6 Mar 2025Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date06 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

4.27833, 8.20450

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyMPN

Reported7 Mar 2025

StateAkwa Ibom

LGANot supplied

ContaminantOther: Oily Based Material

CauseOther:

FacilityNot supplied

HabitatOffshore

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV dateNot supplied

Impact description supplied by source

SEPNU support vessel reported oil sheen sighting around Ubit B/Mfem A area March 6, 2025 (~1830hrs); helicopter overflight conducted on March 7, 2025 (~1030hrs) reported the sheen had broken up and was slowly moving in a north easterly direction. SEPNU personnel promptly checked Mfem A and Ubit B and Ubit K did not observe any hydrocarbon release from the three locations. All other SEPNU facilities are functioning properly