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Oil spills / Imo / Incident 2948161
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Oil Spill at 16" EGBEMA-ASSA PIPELINE AT OBILE

Incident 2948161 · SPDC · 18 May 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 18 May 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date18 May 2021Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity44 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered23 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

5.40403, 6.78614
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported18 May 2021
StateImo
LGAOhaji/Egbema
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.00410000
JIV date21 May 2021

Impact description supplied by source

UNKNOWN PERSON (S) INSTALLED 4" BALL VALVE AT 12 0'CLOCK POSITION ON THE PIPELINE. THE SPILL IMPACTED WITHIN AND OUTSIDE COMPANY'S RIGTH OF WAY AND WAS ALSO BURNT BY FIRE

Record timeline

Incident recorded

18 May 2021

Report date

18 May 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

21 May 2021

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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