Oil Spill at Ubit G Wellhead Platform

Incident 47/2016 · MPN · 8 Oct 2016

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 8 Oct 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date08 Oct 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

4.25225, 8.16060

Oil spill

CompanyMPN

ReportedNot supplied

StateAkwa Ibom

LGANot supplied

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityWellhead

HabitatOffshore

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV dateNot supplied

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