Oil Spill at 28" NKPOKU-BOMU TRANS NIGER PIPELINE RIGHT OF WAY AT RUMUEWHARA

Incident 2681966 · SPDC · 7 Jul 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 7 Jul 2020Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date07 Jul 2020Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity258 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered175 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.87911, 7.35897

Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC

Reported7 Jul 2020

StateRivers

LGAUkwa-East

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.0006

JIV date7 Jul 2020

Impact description supplied by source

Crude oil was gushing out from a 2" nipple installed in the middle of five(5) illigal 2" installations at 12 O' Clock positions by unknown persons for theft purpose.