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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2021/LAR/020/041
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Oil Spill at 18" Ebocha- Ogoda Pipeline at Owube.

Incident 2021/LAR/020/041 · NAOC · 22 Apr 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 22 Apr 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date22 Apr 2021Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity6 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.20192, 6.59042
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported22 Apr 2021
StateRivers
LGAOgba/Egbema/Ndoni
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00005679
JIV date23 Apr 2021

Impact description supplied by source

There was fire incident at the leak point as at the time of JIV, However, the fire was put out by NAOC fire team. Upon excavation, 160mm long hacksaw cut was seen at 1-3 O' clock position on the pipeline as a result of crude oil theft activity by unknown person(s).

Record timeline

Incident recorded

22 Apr 2021

Report date

22 Apr 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

23 Apr 2021

Spill stop date

23 Apr 2021

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