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Oil spills / Rivers / Incident 3084232
confirmed

Oil Spill at New 20" Kolo-creek Rumuekpe pipeline RoW @ Okporowo

Incident 3084232 · SPDC · 8 Feb 2022

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NOSDRA Oil Spill Monitor · source recordLatest observation: 8 Feb 2022Retrieved: 4 Nov 2026
Incident date08 Feb 2022Source field: incidentdate
Estimated quantityNot suppliedAn estimate where the source supplies one
Quantity recoveredNot suppliedNot assumed to be zero
Evidence2Source attachment links

Incident location

4.97039, 6.63617
Oil spill

Source fields in plain language

CompanySPDC
Reported9 Feb 2022
StateRivers
LGAAhoada-East
ContaminantCrude oil
CauseSabotage / theft
FacilityPipeline
HabitatLa
Estimated spill areaNot supplied
JIV date9 Feb 2022

Impact description supplied by source

It was observed that the site was a recently Remediated area with windrows. The point was exposed and was discovered that an earlier capped illegal non-leaking connection was seen. The capped 2" nipple was installed @ 12 O' Clock position on the 20" new Kolo-creek pipeline. There was water seepage at the welded joint on the new 20" Kolo-creek pipeline as at time of JIV. it was concluded by the JIT that the cause of leak was a failed illegal connection, third party interference crude oil theft. The point was backfilled, awaiting repair.

Record timeline

Incident recorded

8 Feb 2022

Report date

9 Feb 2022

Joint Investigation Visit

9 Feb 2022

Spill stop date

10 Feb 2022

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