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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2015_1440709
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Oil Spill at ADIBAWA WELL 8 S/L WELLHEAD

Incident 2015_1440709 · SPDC · 12 Jul 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Jul 2015Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date12 Jul 2015Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity3,851 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered3,692 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.19722, 6.51408
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
ReportedNot supplied
StateRivers
LGAYenagoa
ContaminantNot supplied
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityWellhead
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area7730
JIV date19 Feb 2016

Impact description supplied by source

EVIDENCE OF CRUDE OIL SPILL CONFIRMED AS AT JIV VISIT. THE FIRST JIV CONDUCTED ON 12/07/2015 WAS INCONCLUSIVE DUE TO DISAGREEMENT ON THE CAUSE OF SPILL BY THE COMMUNITY BUT THE JIT CONFIRMED TAMPERED FLANGE,SLACKED AND REMOVAL OF BOLTS AND NUTS OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE. SECOND JIV WAS CONDUCTED ON 19/02/2016 AND ADJUDGED THE CAUSE OF SPILL TO BE SABOTAGE THAT IS,UNKNOWN PERSON TAMPERED WITH FLANGE,REMOVAL OF BOLTS AND NUTS AND HACK-SAW CUTS ON THE WELLHEAD. EVIDENCE OF BURNT SHOWN WITHIN AND BEYOND ROW ASSESSED AND MAPPED OUT OF ABOUT 7.73 HECTARES. ESTIMATED CRUDE OIL SPILL WAS 3851 BARRELS WHILE 3692 BARRELS WAS RECOVERED FROM THE SITE AS AT FIRST JIV VISIT.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Jul 2015

Report date

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Joint Investigation Visit

19 Feb 2016

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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PICTURES TAKEN AT THE SITE

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JIV FORM

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