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Oil spills / Incident 1324519
confirmed

Oil Spill at CAWTHORNE CHANNEL 1 WELL 9. CAPTAINKIRI.

Incident 1324519 · SPDC · 25 Jan 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 25 Jan 2015Retrieved: 3 Nov 2026
Incident date25 Jan 2015Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity70 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence7Source attachment links

Incident location

4.46328, 6.29108
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported25 Jan 2015
StateNot supplied
LGANembe
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityWellhead
HabitatInland water
Estimated spill area14.99ha
JIV date28 Jan 2015

Impact description supplied by source

It was observed that the valves were noticed to be blackened due to a fire outbreak that occurred but had gone off as a result of a third party interference on the facility.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

25 Jan 2015

Report date

25 Jan 2015

Joint Investigation Visit

28 Jan 2015

Spill stop date

27 Jan 2015

Evidence & documents

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JIV PICTURE3

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