Oil Spill at 8’’ PRIGBENE/OBAMA FLOWLINE, AT OKIAMA SILGA LGA IN BAYELSA STATE.

Incident 2016/SAR/040/059 · NAOC · 14 Feb 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 14 Feb 2016Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date14 Feb 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0.63 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.62086, 6.19650

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported14 Feb 2016

StateNot supplied

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date15 Feb 2016

Impact description supplied by source

I. It was observed that unknown persons used hacksaw to cut and then used explosive devises to blast a section of the facility. II. CLEAN UP MEASURE SECTIONAL REPLACEMENT; FACILITY SHUT DOWN