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Oil Spill at Obigbo W28 Wellhead @ Imeh Community – SPDC, 2016 · SpillFlare
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Oil Spill at Obigbo W28 Wellhead @ Imeh Community
Incident 1635665 · SPDC · 16 May 2016
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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source record
Latest observation:
16 May 2016
Retrieved:
5 Sept 2026
Incident date
16 May 2016
Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity
220 bbl
An estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered
117 bbl
Not assumed to be zero
Evidence
0
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Incident location
4.92204, 7.06863
Oil spill
Source fields in plain language
Company
SPDC
Reported
16 May 2017
State
Rivers
LGA
Obio/Akpor
Contaminant
Crude oil
Cause
Sabotage
Facility
Wellhead
Habitat
La
Estimated spill area
0.0045
JIV date
18 May 2016
Impact description supplied by source
Vegetation and soil within impacted was stained with oil.
