Oil Spill at CLOUGH CREE.K WELL3T @ AZAGBENE

Incident 2016/SAR/163/274 · NAOC · 27 Oct 2016

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 27 Oct 2016Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date27 Oct 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity10 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

4.83619, 5.69256

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported31 Oct 2016

StateBayelsa

LGAEkeremor

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00014450

JIV date31 Oct 2016

Impact description supplied by source

AN UNKNOWN PERSON USED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE(S) TO BLAST THE WELLHEAD

Record timeline

Incident recorded

27 Oct 2016

Report date

31 Oct 2016

Joint Investigation Visit

31 Oct 2016

Spill stop date

27 Oct 2016

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