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Oil spills / Imo / Incident 2551279
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Oil Spill at 16"EGBEMA-ASSA PIPELINE AT ETEKWURU, OHAJI/EGBEMA LGA, IMO STATE.

Incident 2551279 · SPDC · 17 Jan 2020

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Jan 2020Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date17 Jan 2020Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence5Source attachment links

Incident location

5.47367, 6.75649
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported17 Jan 2020
StateImo
LGAOhaji/Egbema
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00000000
JIV date14 Feb 2021

Impact description supplied by source

3" BALL VALVE WAS INSTALLED AT 12 O'CLOCK POSITION ON THE PIPELINE BY UNKNOWN PERSON(S)

Record timeline

Incident recorded

17 Jan 2020

Report date

17 Jan 2020

Joint Investigation Visit

14 Feb 2021

Spill stop date

Not supplied

Evidence & documents

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JIV PICTURE 1. (AREA BEFORE EXCAVATION)

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JIV PICTURE 2. (EXPOSED PIPELINE)

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JIV FORM 1.

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JIV FORM 2.

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JIV FORM 3.

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