Oil Spill at 6'' Ogboinbiri/Tebidaba pipeline at Okpotuwari

Incident 2021/SAR/GL/001 · NAOC · 16 Jan 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 16 Jan 2021Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date16 Jan 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.76164, 5.97797

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported9 Jan 2021

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantGa

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill areaNot supplied

JIV date19 Jan 2021

Impact description supplied by source

The cause of spilled was due to sabotage since there was a visible 2'' valve installation on the pipeline. The estimated quantity was not recorded because it was a gas emission. There was no visible environmental impact.