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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2065584
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Oil Spill at 20"/36" RUMUEKPE-NKPOKU PIPELINE RIGHT OF WAY, MBODO ALUU, IKWERE RIVERS STATE

Incident 2065584 · SPDC · 20 Apr 2018

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Apr 2018Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date20 Apr 2018Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity10 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence6Source attachment links

Incident location

4.94020, 6.95143
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported9 May 2018
StateRivers
LGAIkwere
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityNot supplied
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0018
JIV date9 May 2018

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL SOURCE WAS OBSERVED AS HEADLESS TANKER SUSPECTED TO HAVE BEEN USED FOR CRUDE OIL THEFT AND LEFT ON SITE BY UNKNOWN PERSONS. OIL STAINS WERE NOTICED WITHIN THE DISCHARGE COMPARTMENT OF THE TANKER.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

20 Apr 2018

Report date

9 May 2018

Joint Investigation Visit

9 May 2018

Spill stop date

9 May 2018

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