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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2446383
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Oil Spill at 20” Rumuekpe – Nkpoku Trunkline Right of way at Ibaa

Incident 2446383 · SPDC · 3 Aug 2019

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 3 Aug 2019Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date03 Aug 2019Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity279 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence7Source attachment links

Incident location

4.95375, 6.83276
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported3 Sept 2019
StateRivers
LGAEmuoha
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa,Ss
Estimated spill area0.0667
JIV date5 Sept 2019

Impact description supplied by source

The pipeline was vandalized by unknown person(s) and the visible sign of third party interference was a drilled hole at 11 o’clock position. The incident resulted to a medium spill estimated at 279bbls which spilled beyond the company’s facility right of way (ROW) and there was no containment measure in place.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

3 Aug 2019

Report date

3 Sept 2019

Joint Investigation Visit

5 Sept 2019

Spill stop date

5 Sept 2019

Evidence & documents

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Crude oil spilling from a drilled hole by unknown person

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Environment Impacted by the spill

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Vandalized pipe repaired by clamping

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JIV FORM 1

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JIV FORM 2

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