Oil Spill at OBIAFU 6T FLANGE DOWNSTREAM GATE VALVE WELLHEAD AT OMOKU

Incident 2015/LAR/131/347 · NAOC · 10 Sept 2015

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 10 Sept 2015Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date10 Sept 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot supplied bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.42378, 6.58447

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported10 Sept 2015

StateRivers

LGAONELGA

ContaminantCo

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00001290

JIV date15 Sept 2015

LEAKAGE IN BETWEEN THE FLANGE AS A RESULT OF FAULTY GROVE AND RING JOINT GASKET.