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    Home » Nigeria records 168 oil spill incidents in 8 months

    Nigeria records 168 oil spill incidents in 8 months

    September 3, 2023
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    *Oil spill impacted farm

    – Shell accounts for 79% of spill volume

    Ike Amos

    Dublin, Ireland — Nigeria recorded 168 incidents of oil spill as oil and gas companies operating in the country spilled 5,520 barrels of crude oil between January and August 2023, according to data released by the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency (NOSDRA).

    NOSDRA, in its oil spill data for the period under review, noted that the spill occurred in the facilities of 23 oil firms, with Shell Petroleum Development Company recording the highest spill volume of 4,340 barrels of crude oil in 43 spill incidents, representing 78.62 per cent of total crude oil spilled in the period under review.

    Heritage Energy Operational Service Limited followed, as it spilled 24 323.20 barrels of crude oil in 24 incidents, while Nigerian Agip Oil Company (NAOC) spilled 248.86 barrels of crude oil in 38 incidents.

    In six spill incidents, Heirs Holding Oil and Gas Limited spilled 128.10 barrels of crude oil; Seplat Petroleum Development Company spilled 104.88 barrels of crude oil in seven incidents; National Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) spilled 92.33 barrels in 16 incidents, while Enageed Resources Limited polluted the environment with the spillage of 72 barrels of crude oil in three spill incidents.

    NOSDRA disclosed that Rivers State was the worst hit with oil spillage, as 2,780 barrels of crude oil was spilled in the state in 67 incidents; followed by Delta, with 2,623 barrels of crude oil spilled in 76 incidents; while Edo, Imo, Bayelsa and Akwa Ibom recorded spill volumes of 70.04 barrels, 22.30 barrels, 18.39 barrels and 1.06 barrels, respectively.

    The environmental regulator further stated that the majority of the spill incidents were recorded from crude oil pipelines, with 3,113 barrels of crude oil spilled from the pipelines in 114 incidents.

    It added that in eight incidents, 1,951 barrels of crude was spilled by oil companies from the wellhead; while spills from flow lines, flow stations and trunk lines stood at 117.7 barrels, 110.03 barrels and 106.13 barrels respectively.

    Furthermore, NOSDRA reported that 5,122 barrels of crude oil, representing 92.78 per cent of oil spilled in the eight-month period, was as a result of theft and sabotage; while 228.22 barrels of crude oil spilled in 16 incidents were due to corrosion.

    It added that 2,402 barrels of crude oil was spilled on land; 2,378 barrels of crude oil was spilled on swampy terrain, while 525.01 barrels of crude oil was spilled on seasonal swampy terrain.

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