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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2835839
confirmed

Oil Spill at 28" BOMU-BONNY PIPELINE AT FREETOWN

Incident 2835839 · SPDC · 18 Jan 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 18 Jan 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date18 Jan 2021Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot supplied bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence4Source attachment links

Incident location

4.51589, 7.23298
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported16 Feb 2021
StateRivers
LGABonny
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatSwamp
Estimated spill area0.0035
JIV date20 Jan 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THERE WAS A 4" VALVE INSTALLED AT 12 0'CLOCK POSITION ON THE 28" BOMU BONNY PIPELINE AT FREETOWN ANDONI LGA. THOUGH IT WAS REPORTED AS A NON LEAKING POINT, THE JIT CONFIRMED IT LEAKING BECAUSE THERE WAS BUBBLES DURING THE INITIAL SITE INVESTIGATION. HENCE THE JIT CONFIRMED IT AS A LEAKING POINT.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

18 Jan 2021

Report date

16 Feb 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

20 Jan 2021

Spill stop date

28 Jan 2021

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