Oil Spill at EBOCHA 8T FLOWLINE AT OBRIKOM, EBOCHA FIELD.

Incident 2020/LAR/087/173 · NAOC · 3 Dec 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 3 Dec 2020Retrieved: 1 Nov 2026

Incident date03 Dec 2020Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity17.68 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recovered13.56 bblNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.45033, 6.68211

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported3 Dec 2020

StateRivers

LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage / theft

FacilityFl

HabitatLa

Estimated spill area0.00046871

JIV date4 Dec 2020

Impact description supplied by source

A hacksaw cut of about 140mm was seen on the 4" flow line at 9-3 O' Clock position by unknown persons (sabotage) as at time of JIV. The flowline was shut-in but still had high pressure of water, gas and crude gushing as at time of JIV. The impacted area had strong presence of gas emission as at time of JIV. Booms were deployed and impacted site was within the company's RoW.