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Oil spills / Bayelsa / Incident 2017/SAR/177/304
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Oil Spill at PIRIGBENE WELL 2TGB @ PIRIGBENE

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

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 26 Nov 2016Retrieved: 1 Nov 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

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported26 Nov 2017
StateBayelsa
LGANembe
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV date22 Jan 2017

Impact description supplied by source

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

Record timeline

Incident recorded

26 Nov 2016

Report date

26 Nov 2017

Joint Investigation Visit

22 Jan 2017

Spill stop date

22 Jan 2017

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