Oil Spill at Ajuju/batan field in OML 42

Incident 5052 · NPDC · 5 Jul 2012

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 5 Jul 2012Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date05 Jul 2012Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity200 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.51674, 5.53344

Oil spill

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CompanyNPDC

ReportedNot supplied

StateNot supplied

LGAWarri South-West

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityNot supplied

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date17 Jul 2012

Record timeline

Incident recorded

5 Jul 2012

Report date

Not supplied

Joint Investigation Visit

17 Jul 2012

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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