Oil Spill at TAYLOR CREEK 2 GATE VALVE, NEAR THE WELL HEAD LOCATION @ IKARAMA.

Incident 2015/LAR/180/479 · NAOC · 12 Dec 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Dec 2015Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date12 Dec 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity10 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.17572, 6.44375

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported13 Dec 2015

StateBayelsa

LGAYenagoa

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityFl

HabitatLa

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date23 Dec 2015

Impact description supplied by source

FAILED CHECK & BALL VALVES DUE TO FIRE IGNITED BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S). BOTH THE FIRE AND CRUDE OIL IMPACTED THE RoW & OUTSIDE THE RoW.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Dec 2015

Report date

13 Dec 2015

Joint Investigation Visit

23 Dec 2015

Spill stop date

14 Dec 2015

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