Oil Spill at PIRIGBENE WELL 2TGB @ PIRIGBENE

Incident 2017/SAR/177/304 · NAOC · 26 Nov 2016

NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 26 Nov 2016Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date26 Nov 2016Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity4.3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.61250, 6.20447

Oil spill

CompanyNAOC

Reported26 Nov 2017

StateBayelsa

LGANembe

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date22 Jan 2017

AN UNKNOWN PERSON TAMPERED AND CUT A SECTION OF THE WELLHEAD OPEN.