Location: Ikot Ada Udo, Ikot Abasi LGA, Akwa Ibom State , Nigeria
Cause of Spill: Facility failure
Oil company: Shell Petroleum Development Company
Action taken by Shell: None
Alert Date: 15 August 2007
 
For about two weeks now, a corked well owned by SPDC has been spewing crude oil and noxious fumes into the environment of Ikot Ada Udo in Ikot Abasi Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Community people say that although the oil giant has been informed of the situation it has shown no sign of waking up to its responsibility.
 

There is palpable fear of conflagration in the community going by antecedents in other areas. There is also a fear of a rise in respiratory diseases in the area as the fumes hang thick in the air.

The incident continues to attract sympathizers who only commiserate with the local people but lack the technical skills to be of any tangible help.