Oil Spill at OBIAFU 6T GATE VALVE FLANGE BY LOCATION OMUKU ONELGA RIVERS STATE

Incident 2016/LAR/125/293a · NAOC · 15 Nov 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 15 Nov 2016Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026

Incident date15 Nov 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity0.08 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.42353, 6.58431

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported15 Nov 2016

StateRivers

LGANot supplied

ContaminantCo

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00000500

JIV date6 Dec 2016

Impact description supplied by source

BOLTS AND NUTS ON THE FLANGE WERE LOOSENED BY UNKNOWN PERSONS. SPILLED CONDENSATE CONTAINED IN A PIT DUG BY UNKNOWN PERSONS

Record timeline

Incident recorded

15 Nov 2016

Report date

15 Nov 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

6 Dec 2016

Spill stop date

16 Nov 2016

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