Oil Spill at PIRI-GBENE WELL 1s CHOKE VALVE

Incident 2016/SAR/025/039 · NAOC · 17 Jan 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Jan 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date17 Jan 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1.4 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.61603, 6.19381

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported17 Jan 2016

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date21 Jan 2016

Impact description supplied by source

FAILURE OF THE CHOKE VALVE

Record timeline

Incident recorded

17 Jan 2016

Report date

17 Jan 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

21 Jan 2016

Spill stop date

21 Jan 2016

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