Oil Spill at 14" Akri-EOC pipeline at Mmahu Community, Ohaji/Egbema L.G.A. Imo State

Incident 2021/LAR/107/179 · NAOC · 20 Nov 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 20 Nov 2021Retrieved: 5 Sept 2026

Incident date20 Nov 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity29 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

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Incident location

5.58378, 6.70086

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported20 Nov 2021

StateImo

LGAOhaji/Egbema

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSs

Estimated spill area0.05590784

JIV date21 Nov 2021

Impact description supplied by source

On excavation a 3" ball valve was installed at 12 o'clock position by unknown persons. Spill was not sighted by JIV Team. Water was oozing from spill point at the time of JIV.