Oil spills / Imo / Incident 2018/LAR/093/115

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Oil Spill at 14" Akri/EOC pipeline at Mmahu, Ohaji/Egbem, Imo State

Incident 2018/LAR/093/115 · NAOC · 12 Jul 2018

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 12 Jul 2018Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date12 Jul 2018Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity3 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot supplied bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence0Source attachment links

Incident location

5.52478, 6.71917

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC

Reported13 Jul 2018

StateImo

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseEquipment failure

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00031503

JIV date14 Jul 2018

Impact description supplied by source

crude oil leaking from the facility as a result of weld defect on an existing cone on the pipeline

Record timeline

Incident recorded

12 Jul 2018

Report date

13 Jul 2018

Joint Investigation Visit

14 Jul 2018

Spill stop date

14 Jul 2018

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