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Oil Spill at NDONI CREEK ''A'' AN EXPLORATORY WELL TA OKWUZI

Incident 2016/LAR/101/235 · NAOC · 6 Sept 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 6 Sept 2016Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date06 Sept 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity8.68 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.50317, 6.68642

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported6 Sept 2016

StateRivers

LGAONELGA

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00026037

JIV date26 Sept 2016

Impact description supplied by source

WING VALVES OF THE WELL HEAD WERE VANDALIZED BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S) OIL THEFT ACTIVITY.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

6 Sept 2016

Report date

6 Sept 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

26 Sept 2016

Spill stop date

26 Sept 2016

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