Oil Spill at 6'' OGBOINBIRI/TEBIDABA PIPELINE AT OKPOTUWARI

Incident 2021/SAR/079 · NAOC · 17 Dec 2021

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 17 Dec 2021Retrieved: 6 Sept 2026

Incident date17 Dec 2021Source field: incidentdate

Estimated quantity6 bblAn estimate where the source supplies one

Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero

Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.76153, 5.97792

Oil spill

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CompanyNAOC

Reported17 Dec 2021

StateBayelsa

LGASouthern-Ijaw

ContaminantCrude oil

CauseSabotage

FacilityPipeline

HabitatSwamp

Estimated spill area0.00729490

JIV date18 Dec 2021

Impact description supplied by source

THE SPILL WAS DUE TO SABOTAGE SINCE THERE WAS A VISIBLE INSTALLATION OF 2'' VALVE ON THE PIPELINE. AREA OF IMPACT WAS OUTSIDE RIGHT OF WAY AND VEGETATION IMPACTED