Oil Spill at OBAMA F/S FLARE STACK AT NEMBE IN BAYELSA

Incident 2015/SAR/203/320 · NAOC · 4 Aug 2015

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 4 Aug 2015Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date04 Aug 2015Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity3.5 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.62872, 6.26381

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported4 Aug 2015

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityOther: Flare Stack

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00441400

JIV date4 Aug 2015

Impact description supplied by source

Spill was contained with a boom and also absorbents, the spill was within and outside Naoc RoW, slight crude oil sheens were observed within sections of neighbouring communities waterfronts.