Oil Spill at AZUZUAMA 1T WELLHEAD @ AZUZUAMA

Incident 2016/SAR/079/123 · NAOC · 31 May 2016

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 31 May 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date31 May 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity15 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.71128, 5.92178

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported31 May 2016

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.01866079

JIV date2 Jun 2016

UNKNOWN PERSON REMOVED CCU OF THE WELLHEAD. THE CCU WAS REPLACED AND THE FACILITY WAS SHUT DOWN