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Oil spills / Incident 2006/lar/008
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Oil Spill at Umuoru 6T Well Head location at Umuoru community, ONELGA, Rivers State.

Incident 2006/lar/008 · OANDO · 3 Feb 2026

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 3 Feb 2026Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026
Incident date03 Feb 2026Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity52.26 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered44 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.40512, 6.48964
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyOANDO
Reported3 Feb 2026
StateNot supplied
LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityWellhead
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00038900
JIV date9 Feb 2026

Impact description supplied by source

The needle valve on the Xmas tree was tampered with by unknown persons. The spilled crude oil was contained in the cellar pit and the Well location area.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

3 Feb 2026

Report date

3 Feb 2026

Joint Investigation Visit

9 Feb 2026

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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