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Oil spills / Abia / Incident 3012854
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Oil Spill at 4" Imo River 3 Well 01T Flowline at Owaza

Incident 3012854 · NAOC · 20 Aug 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Aug 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date20 Aug 2021Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity2 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence4Source attachment links

Incident location

4.98055, 7.19347
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanyNAOC
Reported20 Aug 2021
StateAbia
LGAEtche
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityFl
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0002
JIV date28 Aug 2021

Impact description supplied by source

hacksaw cut on the flowline during suspected illegal harvesting of pipeline.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

20 Aug 2021

Report date

20 Aug 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

28 Aug 2021

Spill stop date

20 Aug 2021

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