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NOSDRA source analysis

Nigeria Oil Spill Statistics and Trends

Explore yearly patterns in Nigeria's public oil-spill records using SpillFlare's current NOSDRA source snapshot. Annual figures count source records carrying trusted incident dates; they are not independently deduplicated counts of unique physical spill events.

Incident explorer
NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · calculated from trusted incident-date recordsLatest observation: 20 Oct 2026Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026
Current source snapshot

How to read these statistics

Snapshot retrieved 1 Nov 2026. The public source may be revised, so historical totals can change when the source is updated. SpillFlare preserves the source row as supplied and does not treat an operator label or reported cause as an independent finding of liability or fault.

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National yearly overview

Nigeria oil spill records by year

Trusted incident-date source record counts across the current snapshot (1990–2026).

Trusted incident-date source records by year
YearRecordsExplore
19902View 1990
19911View 1991
19943View 1994
20014View 2001
20023View 2002
2003
4
View 2003
20049View 2004
2005146View 2005
2006379View 2006
20071,012View 2007
20081,004View 2008
2009863View 2009
2010912View 2010
20111,093View 2011
20121,175View 2012
20131,774View 2013
20141,711View 2014
20151,084View 2015
2016799View 2016
2017711View 2017
2018850View 2018
2019937View 2019
2020618View 2020
2021691View 2021
20221,159View 2022
20231,542View 2023
20241,234View 2024
2025475View 2025
2026Current snapshot195View 2026

2026 is an incomplete current-year snapshot. Its count reflects records currently supplied by the source, not a completed calendar-year total.

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2016 Nigeria oil spill record statistics

799 indexable source records carry a trusted 2016 incident date in this snapshot.

Trusted incident-date records799source rows
Incident number supplied77920 missing
Distinct normalized incident-number strings715not unique event identifiers
Report date supplied69915 differ in year
2016: 799 recordsPrevious trusted year (2015): 1,084-26.3% (decrease in source-record count)
Data quality context

Completeness of the selected records

These measures describe whether source fields are supplied; they are not a score for a company, state or incident.

Incident number97%779 of 799 records
Report date87%699 of 799 records
JIV date82%655 of 799 records
Estimated quantity70%559 of 799 records
Resolved state88%701 of 799 records
Operator label100%799 of 799 records
Reported cause96%766 of 799 records

Incident date and report date are different source fields. Yearly grouping uses the trusted incident date only; a report date is not used as a fallback when the incident date is missing or rejected.

Operator labels

Source records by operator label, 2016

Labels are shown as supplied. Frequency in the source dataset is not a finding of responsibility or environmental performance.

NAOC4364,920.8 bbl284 of 436 rows supplied quantity9% (40)35% (152)
SPDC12612,503.73 bbl86 of 126 rows supplied quantity4% (5)31% (39)
CHEVRON59483.53 bbl46 of 59 rows supplied quantity42% (25)22% (13)
MPN56106.47 bbl46 of 56 rows supplied quantity100% (56)16% (9)
NPDC4220,893.72 bbl37 of 42 rows supplied quantity0% (0)12% (5)
PPMC15214.49 bbl7 of 15 rows supplied quantity27% (4)53% (8)
Eroton E&P13238.48 bbl9 of 13 rows supplied quantity23% (3)31% (4)
SEPLAT1229.8 bbl10 of 12 rows supplied quantity0% (0)17% (2)
Aiteo E&P52,865 bbl5 of 5 rows supplied quantity0% (0)0% (0)
Platform517.52 bbl5 of 5 rows supplied quantity0% (0)0% (0)
POOCN50.58 bbl4 of 5 rows supplied quantity0% (0)20% (1)
TOTAL530.52 bbl5 of 5 rows supplied quantity40% (2)0% (0)
ADDAX413.94 bbl3 of 4 rows supplied quantity50% (2)25% (1)
ESSO472.03 bbl3 of 4 rows supplied quantity100% (4)25% (1)
Midwestern320.5 bbl2 of 3 rows supplied quantity0% (0)33% (1)
SEEPCO3231.2 bbl2 of 3 rows supplied quantity0% (0)33% (1)
CONOIL13 bbl1 of 1 rows supplied quantity100% (1)0% (0)
Heritage135 bbl1 of 1 rows supplied quantity0% (0)0% (0)
HHOG: HEIRS HOLDING OIL AND GAS LIMITED11,427.67 bbl1 of 1 rows supplied quantity0% (0)0% (0)
KRPC10 bbl0 of 1 rows supplied quantity0% (0)100% (1)
nyd10.92 bbl1 of 1 rows supplied quantity100% (1)0% (0)
SNEPCO10.09 bbl1 of 1 rows supplied quantity100% (1)0% (0)

Reading this table: “No JIV date” means the date field is blank in the source row. “No quantity” means no estimated quantity was supplied.

Patterns over time and place

Reported causes and state distribution, 2016

Counts and estimated quantities remain separate so a missing quantity never erases a source record.

Number of reported spills by cause

Monthly incident rows grouped from the source cause codes.

Estimated quantity by reported cause

Monthly sum in barrels only where the source supplies an estimated quantity.

States with the most reported spills

Top ten state labels in the selected year; offshore records retain the source state field.

Quantity reporting completeness

A missing quantity means not supplied—not zero barrels.

States with the most source records

  1. Bayelsa279
  2. Rivers196
  3. Delta142
  4. Akwa Ibom61
  5. Imo9
  6. Abia4
  7. Edo3
  8. Federal Capital Territory2
  9. Kaduna2
  10. Niger2

State counts use explicit, resolvable source state fields. Location prose is not used to infer state membership.

Reported cause groups

  • Sabotage / theft591
  • Operational issues129
  • Other / unspecified79

Cause groups reflect the source codes used by this page; “other / unspecified” includes blank or unclassified values.

Evidence behind the totals

Recent 2016 source records

Open a stable record page to inspect the underlying fields and source context.

4'' WELL 4TBG FLOWLINE @ AZUZUAMANAOC · 2016/SAR/192/32831 Dec 2016Poko Garage, Dockyard Apapa, lagosHHOG: HEIRS HOLDING OIL AND GAS LIMITED · Incident number not supplied31 Dec 20164'' WELL 4 TBG FLOWLINE @ AZUZUAMANAOC · 2016/SAR/192/32831 Dec 2016Location not suppliedMPN · 61/201629 Dec 2016QIT Operation Treating plantMPN · 61/201629 Dec 201610'' CLOUGH CREEK/TEBIDABA @ AZAGBENENAOC · 2016/SAR/191/32728 Dec 2016
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Methodology

What these annual statistics represent

SpillFlare is a search, mapping and analysis layer over public environmental records. One row represents a source incident record, not necessarily an independently verified unique physical event. Repeated incident numbers and similar-looking records can occur, so normalized incident-number counts are shown for context rather than presented as unique spill totals.

The current snapshot may differ from historical figures published from earlier source snapshots or different definitions. That does not by itself mean either figure is incorrect. Review the full data and methods documentation and the data reuse policy before reusing the numbers.

Questions researchers ask

Nigeria oil spill statistics FAQ

How does SpillFlare calculate yearly oil spill statistics?

Yearly totals count indexable source records whose incident date passes SpillFlare's trusted-date checks and falls in the selected calendar year. SpillFlare does not substitute a report date when a trusted incident date is unavailable.

Why can SpillFlare's annual totals differ from previously published figures?

The public source can be revised over time, and historical publications may use an earlier snapshot or a different counting method. SpillFlare reports what is present in its current source snapshot and documents the date used.

Does one SpillFlare record always represent one unique oil spill?

No. One row is a source incident record. Incident numbers can repeat and the dataset is not currently a reliable model of independently verified unique physical spill events.

What is the difference between incident date and report date?

Incident date describes when the source says an incident occurred, while report date describes when it was reported. Analytics group records by trusted incident date; the two fields can differ.

Where does SpillFlare's oil spill data come from?

SpillFlare organizes public oil-spill records sourced from the Nigerian Oil Spill Monitor (NOSDRA), then provides search, maps and derived summaries with the source context available on each record.

Can I download the records behind these statistics?

Yes. The oil-spill explorer provides a CSV export of the source records, including the selected-year view where available.