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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2423961
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Oil Spill at 24" NKPOKU-BOMU PIPELINE AT SIME

Incident 2423961 · SPDC · 10 Aug 2019

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 10 Aug 2019Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date10 Aug 2019Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity40 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered31 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence4Source attachment links

Incident location

4.77278, 7.20914
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported10 Aug 2019
StateRivers
LGATai
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0002
JIV date13 Aug 2019

Impact description supplied by source

On arrival at the site on the 13th of August 2019, the JIV team discovered a raging fire emanating from the pipeline. The firefighters in the company of the JIV team was able to put out the fire after much battle. On the 14th of August 2019, the JIV team returned to the site at about 12 noon and during the investigation, it was discovered that the pipeline was vandalized by unknown person(s) at an 11 O’clock position and there were visible signs of hacksaw marks.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

10 Aug 2019

Report date

10 Aug 2019

Joint Investigation Visit

13 Aug 2019

Spill stop date

14 Aug 2019

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Spill Point on fire

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Firefighters at work

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Vandalized Pipeline repaired clamping

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