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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 2022_3078304
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Oil Spill at 18'' ASSA-RUMUEKPE PIPELINE, RUMUEKPE, EMUOHA LGA, RIVERS STATE.

Incident 2022_3078304 · SPDC · 4 Jan 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 4 Jan 2022Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026
Incident date04 Jan 2022Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantity158 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence14Source attachment links

Incident location

5.03132, 6.70109
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported4 Jan 2022
StateRivers
LGAEmuoha
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill area0.0193
JIV date6 Jan 2022

Impact description supplied by source

OBSERVED FOUR SABOTAGE SPILL POINTS WITHIN A DISTANCE RANGE OF 70METERS. FIRE INCIDENT THAT ENGULFED AN AREA OF ABOUT 1.93 HA AS A RESULT OF ILLEGAL REFINING WITHIN THE AREA. ILLEGAL VALVES AND HOSE WERE FOUND ATTACHED TO THE 18'' LINE ON THE 12 O' CLOCK POSITION. FIRE WAS SUCCESSFULLY PUT AND JIV CONDUCTED. A TOTAL OF 154 BARRELS WAS RECORDED BUT ALL WAS LOST TO THE FIRE INCIDENT

Record timeline

Incident recorded

4 Jan 2022

Report date

4 Jan 2022

Joint Investigation Visit

6 Jan 2022

Spill stop date

Not supplied

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