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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2550098
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Oil Spill at 20'' KOLOCREEK -RUMUEKPE AT RUMUEKPE

Incident 2550098 · SPDC · 13 Jan 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 13 Jan 2020Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date13 Jan 2020Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity181 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered6 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence7Source attachment links

Incident location

4.98131, 6.68196
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported13 Jan 2020
StateRivers
LGAEmuoha
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa,Ss
Estimated spill area1.88
JIV date17 Jan 2020

Impact description supplied by source

THERE WAS AN ILLEGAL CONNECTION ON SPDC 20'' KOLOCREEK-RUMUEKPE. THE ILLEGAL CONNECTION WAS NOT LEAKING AS AT THE TIME OF JIV. THE LEAK WAS FROM THE 4'' VALVE ON THE ILLEGAL CONNECTION. THE JIV TEAM INSTRUCTED THE SPDC TEAM TO DISCONNECT THE ILLEGAL CONNECTION BUT THAT ADVICE WAS NOT ACTED UPON

Record timeline

Incident recorded

13 Jan 2020

Report date

13 Jan 2020

Joint Investigation Visit

17 Jan 2020

Spill stop date

17 Jan 2020

Evidence & documents

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ILLEGAL CONNECTION 20'' KOLOCREEK -RUMUEKPE

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SPILL POINT ON THIRD PARTY CONNECTION

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IMPACTED AREAS

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JIV FORM

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