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Oil Spill at Obrikom 13Twellhead location at obrikom.

Incident 2017/lar/026/044 · NAOC · 4 Mar 2017

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 4 Mar 2017Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date04 Mar 2017Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity5.4 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.38228, 6.64086

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported4 Mar 2017

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00001000

JIV date5 Mar 2017

Impact description supplied by source

The nipple on the check valve between the wing valve and SSV was removed by unknown person(s).

Record timeline

Incident recorded

4 Mar 2017

Report date

4 Mar 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

5 Mar 2017

Spill stop date

5 Mar 2017

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OBRIKOM 13T JIV FORM

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