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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 recordLatest observation: 16 May 2016Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026

Incident date16 May 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity220 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered117 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

4.92204, 7.06863

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported16 May 2017

StateRivers

LGAObio/Akpor

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityWellhead

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0045

JIV date18 May 2016

Impact description supplied by source

Vegetation and soil within impacted was stained with oil.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

16 May 2016

Report date

16 May 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

18 May 2016

Spill stop date

18 May 2016

Evidence & documents

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