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An investigation team, comprising experts from the Department of Petroleum Resources, National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency and Delta State Ministry of the Environment, conducted a joint investigation visit, alongside the Seplat emergency response team

Contrary to some reports in the media, oil company, Aiteo Eastern Exploration and Production Company, notified the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency of the fire at its oil well in Nembe, Bayelsa State on March 1, new evidence suggests.

Peter Idabor, Director General of the National Oil Spill Detection and Response Agency said this at the flag-off of a Joint Activation and Drill Exercise in Port Harcourt on Tuesday.

The company said the incident discharged some 550 barrels of crude into the Ogboinbiri River on January 23, 2015