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Oil spills / Imo / Incident 3025072
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Oil Spill at 12" Oguta-Egbema D/L @ Umunkwu. Imo State.

Incident 3025072 · SPDC · 7 Sept 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 7 Sept 2021Retrieved: 2 Nov 2026
Incident date07 Sept 2021Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity7 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recovered4 bblNot assumed to be zero
Evidence7Source attachment links

Incident location

5.64807, 6.74858
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported7 Sept 2021
StateImo
LGAOguta
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0030
JIV date10 Sept 2021

Impact description supplied by source

Unknown persons dug the ROW and install a 3" ball valve at 12 o'clock position on the pipeline. Impact was on and ouside ROW. 4 bbl of crude was recovered during JIV.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

7 Sept 2021

Report date

7 Sept 2021

Joint Investigation Visit

10 Sept 2021

Spill stop date

10 Sept 2021

Evidence & documents

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spill site before excavation

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Dug trench for theft of crude

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Installed ball valve on pipeline on exposure

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JIV form

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Certification pix

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