Incident 2014_1191812B · SPDC · 5 Jun 2014
(i) No impact was observed on site as at the time of JIV. (ii) The incident featured a 6" pipe extending horizontally from a 8" pipe oriented vertically and connected to a 8" flange, then connected to a 8" valve, then again connected to a 8" flange which finally terminated in the 24" NCTL line. (iii) The illegal fittings sat at the 12 o'clock position on the pipeline. (iv) A cofferdam was observed to have been built around the point of the incident to prevent surface water from disrupting the JIV process.
Central Processing facility (CPF) at Nembe Crude Oil Export Terminal.