Oil spills / Delta / Incident 6179

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Oil Spill at FORCADOS TERMINAL, SPDC JETTY. BURUTU L.G.A., DELTA STATE.

Incident 6179 · SPDC · 27 Oct 2007

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 27 Oct 2007Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date27 Oct 2007Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity20 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.36142, 5.35594

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported29 Oct 2007

StateDelta

LGABurutu

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityBarge

HabitatNs

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date2 Nov 2007

Impact description supplied by source

Surface water was impacted, the spill was within and outside the company's right of way.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

27 Oct 2007

Report date

29 Oct 2007

Joint Investigation Visit

2 Nov 2007

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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