Oil Spill at 6" Imo River Well 59T Flowline @ Owaze

Incident 1780924 · SPDC · 6 Jan 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 6 Jan 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date06 Jan 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity1.9 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered0.4 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence1Source attachment links

Incident location

4.99019, 7.20011

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

Reported7 Jan 2017

StateImo

LGAOmumma

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0006

JIV date12 Jan 2017

Impact description supplied by source

The impact was within a farming area and there was evidence third party interference as shown in the attached picture.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

6 Jan 2017

Report date

7 Jan 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

12 Jan 2017

Spill stop date

6 Jan 2017

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