Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2017/lar/001/001

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Oil Spill at oshie 15Ss well head at Akinima community.

Incident 2017/lar/001/001 · NAOC · 2 Jan 2017

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

Incident date02 Jan 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.09439, 6.45969

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported2 Jan 2017

StateRivers

LGAYenagoa

ContaminantOther: (Fire)

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date5 Jan 2017

Impact description supplied by source

Unknown person (s) opened the needle valve and ignited fire on the wellhead

Record timeline

Incident recorded

2 Jan 2017

Report date

2 Jan 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

5 Jan 2017

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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