Oil Spill at 1ne6" Egbema-Assa (Trunk-line) pipeline.

Incident 2162391 · SPDC · 15 Sept 2018

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 15 Sept 2018Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date15 Sept 2018Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity34 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered9 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.39303, 6.79083

Oil spill

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CompanySPDC

Reported15 Sept 2018

StateImo

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0183

JIV date17 Sept 2018

Impact description supplied by source

The leak was as a result of 2" nipples installed on two different points on the pipeline at 12 O' clock position each, between a distance of 30cm apart.